Patents by Inventor Seock Heon LEE

Seock Heon LEE 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).

  • Patent number: 9422191
    Abstract: A method to prepare polymer woven fabric surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity and oil-oil separation and oil-water separation filter prepared by using the surface. The method to prepare the surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity includes steps comprising a step to form nano meter sized pores on the surface of the polymer woven fabric surface with micro sized pores through drying type etching; and a step to form selective oleophobic or hydrophobic film on the nano meter sized pores. It is possible to control hydrophobic/oleophobic property according to pore size, material or thickness of the film and this polymer surface with hybrid pores can be used in various areas such as an oil filter for car capable of selective separation of oil-oil mixture and water-oil mixture, disposal of waste oil, treatment of marine oil leakage, and pretreatment of crude oil refinement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heon Ju Lee, Myoung Woon Moon, Ji Hyun So, Eu Sun Yu, Tae Jun Ko, Seock Heon Lee, Do Hyun Kim, Kyu Hwan Oh
  • Patent number: 9162923
    Abstract: A method to prepare polymer woven fabric surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity and oil-oil separation and oil-water separation filter prepared by using the surface. The method to prepare the surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity includes steps comprising a step to form nano meter sized pores on the surface of the polymer woven fabric surface with micro sized pores through drying type etching; and a step to form selective oleophobic or hydrophobic film on the nano meter sized pores. It is possible to control hydrophobic/oleophobic property according to pore size, material or thickness of the film and this polymer surface with hybrid pores can be used in various areas such as an oil filter for car capable of selective separation of oil-oil mixture and water-oil mixture, disposal of waste oil, treatment of marine oil leakage, and pretreatment of crude oil refinement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heon Ju Lee, Myoung Woon Moon, Ji Hyun So, Eu Sun Yu, Tae Jun Ko, Seock Heon Lee, Do Hyun Kim, Kyu Hwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20150225290
    Abstract: A method to prepare polymer woven fabric surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity and oil-oil separation and oil-water separation filter prepared by using the surface. The method to prepare the surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity includes steps comprising a step to form nano meter sized pores on the surface of the polymer woven fabric surface with micro sized pores through drying type etching; and a step to form selective oleophobic or hydrophobic film on the nano meter sized pores. It is possible to control hydrophobic/oleophobic property according to pore size, material or thickness of the film and this polymer surface with hybrid pores can be used in various areas such as an oil filter for car capable of selective separation of oil-oil mixture and water-oil mixture, disposal of waste oil, treatment of marine oil leakage, and pretreatment of crude oil refinement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heon Ju LEE, Myoung Woon MOON, Ji Hyun SO, Eu Sun YU, Tae Jun KO, Seock Heon LEE, Do Hyun KIM, Kyu Hwan OH
  • Publication number: 20140076809
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for recovery of magnetic nanoparticles, which recovers and reuses magnetic nanoparticles in a forward osmosis membrane filtration process using magnetic nanoparticles as a draw solute so as to maintain a consistent concentration of the draw solution and separate and discharge high-purity fresh water, and apparatus and method for forward osmosis membrane filtration using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seock Heon LEE, Young Beom YU, Kyoung Ja WOO, Seong Pil JEONG, Woo Hyeon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20120180656
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for filtration using osmosis, which induce osmotic pressure and allow separation of pure fluid by using the reduced osmotic pressure as an energy source, and thus carry out filtration without any additional energy supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Pil JEONG, Seock Heon LEE, Young Beom YU
  • Publication number: 20120012520
    Abstract: Disclosed are a forward osmosis membrane capable of ensuring resistance to microorganisms, improving water flux by forward osmosis, and minimizing reverse solute flux by maximizing tortuosity of the membrane, and a method for fabricating the same. The disclosed method for fabricating a forward osmosis membrane includes: preparing a filler material including a non-cellulose polymer, an organic solvent for dissolving the non-cellulose polymer, and a pore-forming agent for inducing pore formation in the non-cellulose polymer; coating the filler material on an osmosis membrane backing; and immersing the osmosis membrane backing coated with the filler material in water, so that the organic solvent and the pore-forming agent are evaporated, and pores are formed in the non-cellulose polymer as the non-cellulose polymer is solidified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seock Heon LEE, Young Beom YU, Sun Keun SEO