Patents
US 9403120 B2: Gas separation membranes based on perfluorinated polymers
- Granted
- 2016-08-02
- Filed
- 2014-07-14 application 14330714
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process for separating components of a gas mixture using gas-separation copolymer membranes. These membranes use a selective layer made from copolymers of perfluorodioxolane monomers. The resulting membranes have superior selectivity performance for gas pairs of interest while maintaining fast gas permeance compared to membranes prepared using conventional perfluoropolymers, such as Teflon® AF, Hyflon® AD, and Cytop®.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg160802.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. 62 patents | US company or organization | Newark, CA | MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhenjie He | Fremont, CA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy C. Merkel | Menlo Park, CA | 28 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Yoshiyuki Okamoto | Brooklyn, NY | 52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Yasuhiro Koike | Yokohama, JP | 50 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B01D | Separation | B01D53/228 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02C | Capture, storage, sequestration or disposal of greenhouse gases [ghg] | Y02C20/40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MERKEL, TIMOTHY C signed 2014-08-07 HE, ZHENJIE signed 2015-07-19 | MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC. NEWARK, CA | 37692/583 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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