Patents by Inventor Tobias KEPLINGER

Tobias KEPLINGER 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).

  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENSIFIED CELLULOSIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200208346
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining densified material comprising the steps of a. providing lignocellulosic material, b. delignification of the lignocellulosic material providing a delignified material, wherein the delignification step is performed in such a way that the lignin of the lignocellulosic material is almost completely removed and wherein the structural integrity of the lignocellulosic material is maintained in the delignified material, c. densification of the delignified material providing a densified material. Furthermore, a densified material is provided. The fibers and fibrils are maintained in the structural directionality of the raw material and that the cellulosic material is whitish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: ETH ZURICH, EMPA, EIDGENÖSSISCHE MATERIALPRÜFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
    Inventors: Thomas SCHNIDER, Ingo BURGERT, Jana SEGMEHL, Tobias KEPLINGER