Patents by Inventor Robert V. Dennis-Pelcher

Robert V. Dennis-Pelcher 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
  • APPARATUS FOR VISCOUS HYDROCARBON TRANSPORTATION
    Publication number: 20220332354
    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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Subodh GUPTA, Michael N. HOLMES, Jennifer D. WOOD, Sarbajit BANERJEE, Robert V. DENNIS-PELCHER, Lacey DOUGLAS, Thomas E. O'LOUGHLIN
  • Apparatus for viscous hydrocarbon transportation
    Patent number: 11358616
    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: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FCCL Partnership
    Inventors: Subodh Gupta, Michael N. Holmes, Jennifer D. Wood, Sarbajit Banerjee, Robert V. Dennis-Pelcher, Lacey Douglas, Thomas E. O'Loughlin