Patents

Phasex Corporation has received three U.S. patents on supercritical fluid applications.  Additionally, Phasex personnel are listed on six patents that have been assigned to other companies.  The Phasex contribution to these patents has been supporting or completely enabling technology that has led to the invention. 

Wetmore, P.M. , Krukonis, V.J., Coffey, M.P. , US . 5,514,220, Pressure Pulse Cleaning. 7 May 1996.

Gallagher, P.M. , Krukonis, V.J., Coffey, M.P. , US . 5,389,263, Gas Anti Solvent Recrystallization and Application for the Separation and Subsequent Processing of RDX and HMX. 14 Feb 1995.

Krukonis, V.J., Gallagher, P.M., Coffey, M.P. , US . 5,360,478, Gas Anti Solvent Recrystallization Process. 1 Nov 1994.

The patents on which Phasex is an inventor vary widely in teaching and claims: some describe supercritical fluid formation of micro-and nano-particles, some the extraction of volatile residuals and by-products from silicon-polymer adhesives used on space vehicles, and two describe the deposition of ceramic precursor polymers (such as silazanes and carbosilanes) into microporous substrates for the purpose of increasing high temperature oxidation resistance. All of these inventions were enabled by supercritical fluid technology, and all resulted from collaborative efforts with the respective companies.

Pace, G.W., Vachon, M.G., Mishra, A.K., Henrickson, I.B., Krukonis, V., US. 6,177,103, Process to Generate Submicron Particles of Water-Insoluble Compounds. 23 Jan 2001. Assigned to RTP Pharma, Inc.

Kulshreshtha, A.K., Smith, G.G., Anderson, S.D., Krukonis, V., US. 5,803,966, Process for Sizing Prednisolone Acetate using a Supercritical Fluid Anti Solvent. 8 Sept 1998. Assigned to Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Hanneman, L.F., Krukonis, V., Tangney, T.J., Watkins, J.J., US. 5,597,648, Low-volatility Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. 28 Jan 1997. Assigned to Dow Corning Corporation.

Hanneman, L.F., Krukonis, V., Tangney, T.J., Watkins, J.J., US. 5,436,061, Low-volatility Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. 25 Jul 1995. Assigned to Dow Corning Corporation.

Berneburg, P.L., Krukonis, V.J., US. 5,035,921, Processing of Carbon/Carbon Composites using Supercritical Fluid Technology. 30 Jul 1991. Assigned to The Babcock & Wilcox Company.

Berneburg, P.L., Krukonis, V.J., US. 4,552,786, Method for Densification of Ceramic Materials. 12 Nov 1985. Assigned to The Babcock & Wilcox Company.