Patents by Inventor Tianlin Wang

Tianlin Wang 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: 12121837
    Abstract: A method for recycling a scrapped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane through chemical cleaning-structural transformation-hydrophilicity is disclosed, which can extend the service life of scrapped PVDF membrane materials (namely, membrane at the end of service life). The method includes the following steps: cleaning a scrapped membrane with sodium hypochlorite and citric acid; treating the membrane with a structural transformation agent, where, irreversible contaminants are washed away while the PVDF membrane is subjected to pore expansion and hydrophilization; and with self-polymerization of dopamine on a membrane surface, further improving the hydrophilicity of the membrane surface, enhancing the anti-contamination performance, and repairing damaged points on the surface of the scrapped PVDF membrane produced during long-term operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wang, Chenxin Tian, Ruobin Dai, Tianlin Wang, Jiansuxuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230233996
    Abstract: Provided is a high permeance nanofiltration membrane with nanoring-like structure and preparation method thereof. The membrane includes a base film and a polyamide layer having nanoring-like structure morphology on its surface. The method includes: (1) formulating a piperazine nanoemulsion containing a surfactant, vegetable oil, piperazine and water; and (2) infiltrating a base film with the piperazine nanoemulsion, and removing excess droplets from the surface of the base film to obtain a treated base film; covering the surface of the treated base film with a solution of trimesoyl chloride in n-hexane to perform interfacial polymerization; and drying the resulting membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ruobin Dai, Zhiwei Wang, Tianlin Wang, Huimin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11628405
    Abstract: A polyamide (PA) nanofiltration (NF) membrane and a preparation method thereof by regeneration from a scrapped microfiltration (MF) membrane are provided. The method adopts a cleaning-repairing-interfacial polymerization upgrading strategy, where, sodium hypochlorite and oxalic acid are used for deeply cleaning a scrapped MF membrane. PDA is used as a repairing agent to construct a reaction platform on the membrane surface, and finally a reaction system of piperazine and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) are used to form a PA NF membrane with a PA active layer. The repairing can construct a coating with a given thickness and prominent hydrophilicity on the membrane surface, which provides favorable base membrane conditions for upgrading and preparing an NF membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wang, Hongyi Han, Ruobin Dai, Tianlin Wang, Chenxin Tian
  • Patent number: 11590455
    Abstract: A high-performance thin-film composite polyamide membrane upcycled from a substrate fouled with a biopolymer and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes fouling the substrate preferably with the biopolymer to obtain a composite of the substrate and a biopolymer foulant layer; then immersing the composite into a first solution formed by dissolving a polyamine monomer in water, followed by taking the composite out of the first solution and removing excess droplets from a surface of the composite; then immersing the composite treated in the previous step into a second solution formed by dissolving an acyl chloride monomer in n-hexane for interfacial polymerization to form a rejection layer on the surface of the composite; and after completion of the reaction, taking the composite out of the second solution, followed by drying and heat treatment, to obtain the target polyamide membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wang, Ruobin Dai, Hongwei Zhang, Liang Wang, Hongyi Han, Tianlin Wang
  • Publication number: 20220297036
    Abstract: A method for recycling a scrapped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane through chemical cleaning-structural transformation-hydrophilicity is disclosed, which can extend the service life of scrapped PVDF membrane materials (namely, membrane at the end of service life). The method includes the following steps: cleaning a scrapped membrane with sodium hypochlorite and citric acid; treating the membrane with a structural transformation agent, where, irreversible contaminants are washed away while the PVDF membrane is subjected to pore expansion and hydrophilization; and with self-polymerization of dopamine on a membrane surface, further improving the hydrophilicity of the membrane surface, enhancing the anti-contamination performance, and repairing damaged points on the surface of the scrapped PVDF membrane produced during long-term operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Tongji University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Chenxin TIAN, Ruobin DAI, Tianlin WANG, Jiansuxuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220266201
    Abstract: A polyamide (PA) nanofiltration (NF) membrane and a preparation method thereof by regeneration from a scrapped microfiltration (MF) membrane are provided. The method adopts a cleaning-repairing-interfacial polymerization upgrading strategy, where, sodium hypochlorite and oxalic acid are used for deeply cleaning a scrapped MF membrane. PDA is used as a repairing agent to construct a reaction platform on the membrane surface, and finally a reaction system of piperazine and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) are used to form a PA NF membrane with a PA active layer. The repairing can construct a coating with a given thickness and prominent hydrophilicity on the membrane surface, which provides favorable base membrane conditions for upgrading and preparing an NF membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Tongji University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Hongyi HAN, Ruobin DAI, Tianlin WANG, Chenxin TIAN
  • Publication number: 20210213392
    Abstract: A high-performance thin-film composite polyamide membrane upcycled from a substrate fouled with a biopolymer and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes fouling the substrate preferably with the biopolymer to obtain a composite of the substrate and a biopolymer foulant layer; then immersing the composite into a first solution formed by dissolving a polyamine monomer in water, followed by taking the composite out of the first solution and removing excess droplets from a surface of the composite; then immersing the composite treated in the previous step into a second solution formed by dissolving an acyl chloride monomer in n-hexane for interfacial polymerization to form a rejection layer on the surface of the composite; and after completion of the reaction, taking the composite out of the second solution, followed by drying and heat treatment, to obtain the target polyamide membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Ruobin DAI, Hongwei ZHANG, Liang WANG, Hongyi HAN, Tianlin WANG
  • Patent number: 8664238
    Abstract: Indenoisoquinolinone derivatives (I), the manufacturing method and the medical use thereof, which belong to pharmaceutical chemistry and organic chemistry field, are disclosed. These compounds can be used for treating several medical symptoms related to postmenopausal syndrome, uterine fibers deterioration and aortic smooth muscle cells proliferation, especially ER-(+) depend breast cancer. Meanwhile, these compounds can also be used for treating glioma and lung cancer, and have inhibiting effect on tumor metastasis effect on tumor metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Brain Hospital
    Inventors: Hua Xiang, Tianlin Wang, Hong Xiao, Qidong You, Yao Yao, Xiaobo Li, Qingjiang Liao
  • Patent number: 8539064
    Abstract: A method of analyzing streaming media traffic comprises intercepting a data stream that is at least in part encrypted, observing a characteristic associated with the data stream, deriving, based at least in part on the characteristic associated with the data stream, a characteristic associated with an IP telephony session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianlin Wang, Christopher Waters
  • Publication number: 20130085140
    Abstract: Indenoisoquinolinone derivatives (I), the manufacturing method and the medical use thereof, which belong to pharmaceutical chemistry and organic chemistry field, are disclosed. These compounds can be used for treating several medical symptoms related to postmenopausal syndrome, uterine fibers deterioration and aortic smooth muscle cells proliferation, especially ER-(+) depend breast cancer. Meanwhile, these compounds can also be used for treating glioma and lung cancer, and have inhibiting effect on tumor metastasis effect on tumor metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hua Xiang, Tianlin Wang, Hong Xiao, Qidong You, Yao Yao, Xiaobo Li, Qingjiang Liao
  • Publication number: 20070105107
    Abstract: The invention provides methodologies for improved molecular genetic analysis of individual animals and animal populations. The invention includes methods and systems for identifying those animals in a population that are most likely to heritably pass on desirable traits. Provided are means for evaluating the estimated breeding values and increasing the average genetic merit for animals in a population. For each trait, the instant invention provides methods for evaluating the relative effect of one or more quantitative trait loci (QTL) and three or more molecular genetic markers for each QTL The relationship between these various markers and the pre-selected trait and QTL is calculated, along with the contribution of other factors such as pedigree and known measures with respect to quantitative trait, and these data are used to calculate estimated breeding values for the animals in the herd and to rank the animals according to these estimated breeding values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Tianlin Wang, Michael Lohuis, Cheryl Kojima, Fengxing Du, John Byatt
  • Patent number: 6274017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is electrophoresis buffer and a buffer kit useful in the analysis of small cations in samples containing simple or complex mixture of ions and/or neutral organic compounds in a short time and to scan unknown samples for the small cations by capillary electrophoresis with indirect optical detection. An embodiment of the disclosed CE buffer comprises complexing agents and chromophore co-ions. One of the complexing agents is a multidentate one of donor atoms of oxygen and nitrogen, particularly nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA). Other complexing agents, if any, can be crown ethers, for example, 18-crown-6. The chromophore co-ions can be produced by introducing nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, in particular pyridine, to the electrophoresis buffer. The desired pH of the buffer kit is between about 2 and 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Sam Fong Yau Li, Tianlin Wang