Patents by Inventor Xiaolang Chen

Xiaolang Chen 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: 9416267
    Abstract: A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Sahas Rathi, Edward Coughlin, Xiaolang Chen, Charles S. Golub, Michael J. Tzivanis, Michael A. Zimmerman, Nicholas Orf, Choung H. Lai
  • Publication number: 20120270979
    Abstract: A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaw Ling Hsu, Sahas Rathi, Edward Bryan Coughlin, Xiaolang Chen, Charles S. Golub, Michael J. Tzivanis, Michael A. Zimmerman, Nicholas Orf, Choung H. Lai