Patents by Inventor Robert Douglas Wood

Robert Douglas Wood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for viscous hydrocarbon transportation
    Patent number: 11975746
    Abstract: A vessel for transporting a material that is solid or semi-solid at ambient temperature, includes a body having an interior surface comprising textured metal, and a superoleophobic coating on the interior surface for inhibiting the material from adhering to the interior surface, the superoleophobic coating including a nanotextured coating disposed on the textured metal and functionalized with a fluorinated compound. The superoleophobic coating facilitates flow of the material along the interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FCCL Partnership
    Inventors: Subodh Gupta, Michael N. Holmes, Jennifer D. Wood, Sarbajit Banerjee, Robert V. Dennis-Pelcher, Lacey Douglas, Thomas E. O'Loughlin
  • Wall plate
    Patent number: D556544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Douglas Wood