Ben Chu

Patents

 

 

1986.         1.  ¡°Prism Light Scattering Cells,¡± inventor:  Benjamin Chu, issued January 21, 1986, Patent #4,565,446.

 

1990.         2.  ¡°Method and Apparatus for Determining Viscosity,¡±  inventors:  Benjamin Chu and Harbans S. Dhadwal, issued February 13, 1990, Patent #4,899,575.

 

1991.         3.  ¡°Light Scattering and Spectroscopic Detector,¡± inventors:  Benjamin Chu and Harbans S. Dhadwal, issued January 8, 1991, Patent #4,983,040.

 

4.        ¡°Magnetic Needle Rheometer,¡± inventors:  Benjamin Chu and Rolf Hilfiker, issued August 20, 1991,

Patent #5,040,410.

 

1993.      5.  ¡°Electrophoretic Mobility of Fluorophore Labeled Particles in Gels by Fluorophore Movement After

              Photobleaching,¡± inventor:  Benjamin Chu, issued June 1, 1993, Patent #5,215,883.

 

1999.         6.  ¡°Effective Surface Treatment for a New Separation Medium in Electrophoresis,¡± inventors:  Benjamin Chu and Chunhung Wu, issued November 23, 1999, Patent  #5,989,399.

 

7.        ¡°Separation Medium for Capillary Electrophoresis,¡± inventors:  Benjamin Chu and Chunhung Wu,

issued December 14, 1999, Patent #6,001,232.

 

2002.      8.   ¡°Compatibilizer for Immiscible Polymer Blends,¡± inventors:  Miriam Rafailovich, Jonathan Sokolov,

 Shaoming Zhu and Benjamin Chu, issued January 25, 2002, Patent #6,339,121.

 

2003.      9.   ¡°Blends of Organic Silicon Compounds with Ethylene-Based Polymers,¡± inventors:  Benjamin S.

                Hsiao, Benjamin Chu, Xuan Fu, Rusty L. Blanski and Shawn H. Phillips, issued May 27, 2003, Patent

#6,569,932.

 

2004.      10.  ¡°Biodegradable and/or Bioabsorbable Fibrous Articles and Methods for Using the Articles for Medical

                Applications,¡± inventors:  Benjamin Chu, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Dufei Fang and Collin Brathwaite, issued

February 3, 2004, Patent #6,685,956.

 

11.  ¡°Biodegradable and/or Bioabsorbable Fibrous Articles and Methods for Using the Articles for Medical  

Applications,¡± inventors:  Benjamin Chu, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Dufei Fang and Collin Brathwaite, issued

February 10, 2004, Patent #6.689,374.

 

12.      ¡°Apparatus and Methods for Electrospinning Polymeric Fibers and Membranes,¡± inventors:  Benjamin

Chu, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Dufei Fang, issued March 30, 2004, Patent #6,713,011.

 

  

Patent Applications

 

1.        ¡°Polymer Solution for Separation of Charged Macromolecules by Electrophoresis.¡± Inventors:  Benjamin Chu, Liguo Song and Dufei Fang.  Patent Application #09/586,628, filed 6/5/00.

 

2.        ¡°Polymer Surfactants for Gene Therapy,¡± Inventor:  Ben Chu.  Patent Application #PCT/US03/12777, filed 4/23/03.

 

3.        ¡°Quasi-Interpenetrating Network Used for Separation Media.¡±  Inventors:  Benjamin Chu, Liguo Song, Yanmei Wang, Dufei Fang, Tianbo Liu and Dehai Liang.  Patent Application #10/665,730, filed 9/19/03.

 

4.        ¡°Quasi-Interpenetrating Network Used for Separation Media.¡± Inventors:  Benjamin Chu, Liguo Song, Yanmei Wang, Dufei Fang, Tianbo Liu and Dehai Liang. Patent Application #10/671,335, filed 9/25/03.