Patents by Inventor Salvatore Grasso

Salvatore Grasso 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).

  • MAX-PHASE ORIENTED CERAMIC AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130052438
    Abstract: An oriented ceramic containing an Mn+1AXn phase, where the Mn+1AXn phase is a ternary compound, and M is an early transition metal, A is an A group element, X is C or N, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein the oriented ceramic has a layered microstructure similar to shell layers of pearl, which is formed by laminating a layer of a nano-order to milli-order in a thickness thereof, and the oriented ceramic is an oriented bulk material a total thickness of which is in milli-order or larger at smallest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Chunfeng Hu, Salvatore Grasso, Yoshio Sakka, Hidehiko Tanaka, Tohru Suzuki