Patents by Inventor Xiaozhu Zhou

Xiaozhu Zhou 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).

  • HYDROPHILIC MEMBRANES
    Publication number: 20230017950
    Abstract: The present application relates to an unsupported, permanently hydrophilic filtration membrane, and its method of formation. The membrane comprises a polymeric matrix material and a cross-linked polyoxazoline hydrophilic additive blended throughout said matrix material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jijun GE, Xiaozhu ZHOU, Gabriel TKACIK
  • MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANE
    Publication number: 20230015162
    Abstract: The present application relates to a multizone, unsupported, microporous, high throughput membrane. The membrane includes a first microporous zone, a second microporous zone, and a third microporous zone, where the third microporous zone is positioned between the first and second microporous zones, with the first, second, and third microporous zones being integral with one another. Further aspects of the present application include a process for making the membrane and a filtration cartridge with the membrane of the present application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jijun GE, Xiaozhu ZHOU
  • STERILIZABLE POROUS FILTRATION MEDIA CONTAINING NANOFIBER
    Publication number: 20210254248
    Abstract: Provided herein are sterilizable porous filtration media and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Nitin Satav, Martin Cuddy, JR., Xiaozhu Zhou, Saptarshi Chattopadhyay, William Trinh, Onur Y. Kas, David Nhiem
  • MULTIFUNCTIONAL GRAPHENE COATED SCANNING TIPS
    Publication number: 20150309073
    Abstract: A coat micro tip can include a tip having a base and an oppositely disposed tip end having a radius of curvature of less than 1 ?m and a graphene film conformally coated on the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Wooyoung Shim, Keith A. Brown, Boris Rasin, Xing Liao, Xiaozhu Zhou