Patents by Inventor Vikas P. Joshi

Vikas P. Joshi 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: 9944825
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to curable polysilyl phosphate compounds and compositions as well as related methods and flame-retardant textiles incorporating the same. Curable polysilyl phosphate compounds according to the disclosure include a hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one phosphate group and more than two hydrolysable silyl groups linked to the hydrocarbon moiety. In some embodiments, the hydrocarbon moiety is derived from spirocyclic pentaerythritol diphosphoryl chloride. The curable polysilyl phosphate compound can applied to a textile substrate and then cured to provide a flame-retardant textile with the cured polysilyl phosphate compound as a coating bonded to the textile substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Subhas Ghosh, Vijaykumar M. Mannari, Vikas P. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20140213131
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to curable polysilyl phosphate compounds and compositions as well as related methods and flame-retardant textiles incorporating the same. Curable polysilyl phosphate compounds according to the disclosure include a hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one phosphate group and more than two hydrolysable silyl groups linked to the hydrocarbon moiety. In some embodiments, the hydrocarbon moiety is derived from spirocyclic pentaerythritol diphosphoryl chloride. The curable polysilyl phosphate compound can applied to a textile substrate and then cured to provide a flame-retardant textile with the cured polysilyl phosphate compound as a coating bonded to the textile substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Subhas Ghosh, Vijaykumar M. Mannari, Vikas P. Joshi