Patents by Inventor Shane Bartus

Shane Bartus 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).

  • Protective composite structures and methods of making protective composite structures
    Patent number: 8257814
    Abstract: Composite structures and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of a composite structure, among others, includes: a backing substrate; a layer of structures distributed over the backing substrate; and a thermoplastic disposed onto the structures and the backing substrate, wherein the thermoplastic substantially binds the backing substrate and layer of structures together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Inventors: Shane Bartus, George Husman, Uday Vaidya
  • Protective Composite Structures and Methods of Making Protective Composite Structures
    Publication number: 20090214812
    Abstract: Composite structures and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of a composite structure, among others, includes: a backing substrate; a layer of structures distributed over the backing substrate; and a thermoplastic disposed onto the structures and the backing substrate, wherein the thermoplastic substantially binds the backing substrate and layer of structures together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Shane Bartus, George Husman, Uday Vaidya