Patents by Inventor Xiaowu Fan

Xiaowu Fan 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).

  • Titanium oxide spacing by SIP
    Patent number: 9340433
    Abstract: A method of making a titanium oxide-containing coating composition comprises attaching an initiator to a pretreated titanium oxide to form an initiator/pretreated titanium oxide complex. The pretreated titanium oxide includes a plurality of pretreated titanium oxide particles which are titanium oxide particles that are pretreated with at least one metal oxide. The initiator/pretreated titanium oxide complex is contacted with a polymerizable unsaturated monomer such that a polymeric encapsulate forms on the initiator/pretreated titanium oxide particles to form polymeric encapsulated titanium oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: Behr Process Corporation, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Xiaowu Fan, Jinzhen Shi, Ming-ren Tarng, Dong-Keun Lee, Phillip B. Messersmith
  • COATING COMPOSITION FOR ICE AND SNOW REMOVAL ON CEMENTITIOUS SURFACES
    Publication number: 20140010965
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing the deicing properties of a cementitious substrate using a polymer-based coating are provided. Coating formulations and coated cementitious surfaces are also provided. The methods comprise applying an aqueous emulsion to a surface of the cementitious substrate and allowing the aqueous emulsion to dry, such that a continuous, fluorine-containing, polymeric coating is formed over the surface of the cementitious substrate. When applied to a cementitious surface, the coating penetrates into the underlying cementitious substrate and bonds with the substrate to provide the cementitious surface with hydrophobic and other properties that improve the deicing properties of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jigui Li, Ming-Ren Tarng, Xiaowu Fan, Jinzhen Shi
  • Titanium Oxide Spacing by SIP
    Publication number: 20120277346
    Abstract: A method of making a titanium oxide-containing coating composition comprises attaching an initiator to a pretreated titanium oxide to form an initiator/pretreated titanium oxide complex. The pretreated titanium oxide includes a plurality of pretreated titanium oxide particles which are titanium oxide particles that are pretreated with at least one metal oxide. The initiator/pretreated titanium oxide complex is contacted with a polymerizable unsaturated monomer such that a polymeric encapsulate forms on the initiator/pretreated titanium oxide particles to form polymeric encapsulated titanium oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaowu Fan, Jinzhen Shi, Ming-ren Tarng
  • Polymeric compositions and related methods of use
    Patent number: 7858679
    Abstract: Methods for surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization, which can utilize a catecholic alkyl halide initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Phillip B. Messersmith, Xiaowu Fan, Lijun Lin
  • Polymeric compositions and related methods of use
    Publication number: 20060009550
    Abstract: Methods for surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization, which can utilize a catecholic alkyl halide initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Phillip Messersmith, Xiaowu Fan, Lijun Lin