Patents by Inventor T. Brian Cavitt

T. Brian Cavitt 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).

  • Biofilm resistant polymer materials
    Patent number: 9591848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and materials that reduce the accumulation of microorganisms on a surface by interfering with the attachment of the organisms to the surface. The compounds and materials of the present invention are thus useful in preventing the formation of biofilms. The compounds of the present invention may be either adhered to a surface or integrated within a polymer. Surfaces coated by the present invention are resistant to biofilm formation, in part due to the smoothness of the surface coated with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Abilene Christian Univ.
    Inventors: T. Brian Cavitt, Rebecca Ann Herrington Faulkner
  • Biofilm resistant polymer materials
    Patent number: 9072292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and materials that reduce the accumulation of microorganisms on a surface by interfering with the attachment of the organisms to the surface. The compounds and materials of the present invention are thus useful in preventing the formation of biofilms. The compounds of the present invention may be either adhered to a surface or integrated within a polymer. Surfaces coated by the present invention are resistant to biofilm formation, in part due to the smoothness of the surface coated with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventors: T. Brian Cavitt, Rebecca Ann Herrington Faulkner
  • Biofilm Resistant Polymer Materials
    Publication number: 20120208916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and materials that reduce the accumulation of microorganisms on a surface by interfering with the attachment of the organisms to the surface. The compounds and materials of the present invention are thus useful in preventing the formation of biofilms. The compounds of the present invention may be either adhered to a surface or integrated within a polymer. Surfaces coated by the present invention are resistant to biofilm formation, in part due to the smoothness of the surface coated with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: T. Brian Cavitt, Rebecca Ann Herrington Faulkner
  • Biofilm Resistant Polymer Materials
    Publication number: 20090304621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and materials that reduce the accumulation of microorganisms on a surface by interfering with the attachment of the organisms to the surface. The compounds and materials of the present invention are thus useful in preventing the formation of biofilms. The compounds of the present invention may be either adhered to a surface or integrated within a polymer. Surfaces coated by the present invention are resistant to biofilm formation, in part due to the smoothness of the surface coated with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: T. Brian Cavitt, Rebecca Ann Herrington Faulkner