A guide for locating patent resources available through the D'Azzo Research Library, as well as background information on the importance of patents to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
This page lists patents awarded to AFRL RQ, the Aerospace Systems Directorate, since August 20, 2019. Look over the list of patents, and congratulate the RQ members responsible for them.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Jared Neely, Dr. James Joo, and Russel Topp for "Morphing airfoil" (U.S. Patent No. 11,519,275).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Josiah Reams, Andrew Guenthner, Timothy Haddad, Jacob Marcischak, Dr. Kamran Ghiassi, and Dr. Levi Moore for "Process for making macromolecular networks" (U.S. Patent No. 11,518,828).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Douglas Johnson, Nicholas Niedbalski, Jamie Ervin, and Dr. Soumya Patnaik for "Thermal management using endothermic heat sink" (U.S. Patent No. 11,493,279).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of James Rutledge, Matthew Fuqua, and Carol Bryant for "Turbine cooling system with energy separation" (U.S. Patent No. 11,454,171).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. James Joo for "Rotating empennage for an aircraft" (U.S. Patent No. 11,345,460).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Kamran Ghiassi, Neil Redeker, Dr. Alexander Lonnecker, and Jayden Glover for "Microfuidic flow process for making monomers" (U.S. Patent No. 11,319,421).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Thorsten Schroer, Gregory Lecroy, Mayra Rodriguez, Sida Wang, and Miguel Aguila for "Continuous flow microfluidic process for synthesis of 3,4-dinitropyrazole" (U.S. Patent No. 11,319,291).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Tommy George, and Brian Runyon for "Powder fused components with unique internal structures for damping" (U.S. Patent No. 11,305,352).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Mabry, Timothy Haddad, and Sean Ramirez for "Synthesis of functional fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (F-POSS)" (U.S. Patent No. 11,299,638).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Christopher Marks and Nathan Fletcher for "Periodic unsteadiness generator" (U.S. Patent No. 11,300,145).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. John Clark and Joseph Beck for "Identifying effects of geometric variations of physical parts" (U.S. Patent No. 11,250,189).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Alexander Pankonien, Dr. Joshua Deaton, and Dr. Ryan Durscher for "Method and system for measuring strain in a 3D printed part" (U.S. Patent No. 11,226,195).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Lewis "Tyson" Ross for "Intelligent compression wrap" (U.S. Patent No. 11,154,453).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Soumya Patnaik, Douglas Johnson, Nicholas Niedbalski, and Jamie Ervin for "Thermal management using endothermic heat sink" (U.S. Patent No. 11,150,029).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor Dr. Zafer Turgut for "Bulk anisotropic exchange-spring magnets and method of producing the same" (U.S. Patent No. 11,145,445).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Alexander Pankonien, Dr. Ryan Durscher, and Nitin Bhagat for "Multi-material printed control surface" (U.S. Patent No. 11,046,415).
Tthe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Gregory Reich and Dr. Alexander Pankonien in collaboration with RX and RW inventors Kaman Magar, Keith Slinker, Corey Kondash, Benjamin Dickinson, and Jeffrey Baur for "System, apparatus and method for predicting aerodynamic parameters using artificial hair sensor array" (U.S. Patent No. 11,047,874).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Stanley Rodrigues and Padmakar Kichambare for "Colloidal ionic-liquid electrolytes" (U.S. Patent No. 11,050,082).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Rusty Blanski and Robert Grubbs for "Backfunctionalized imidazolinium salts and NHC carbeen-metal complexes" (U.S. Patent No. 10,981,878).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Rusty Blanski and Robert Grubbs for "Backfunctionalized imidazolinium salts and NHC carbeen-metal complexes" (U.S. Patent No. 10,975,038).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Andrew Guenthner, Jeffrey Alston, Peter Boyd, Dr. Joseph Mabry, and Timothy Rost for "Surface coatings, treatments, and methods for removal of mineral scale by self-release" (U.S. Patent No. 10,941,330).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Rusty L. Blanski and Robert H. Grubbs for "Backfunctionalized imidazolinium salts and NHC carbene-metal complexes" (U.S. Patent No. 10,919,860).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Rusty L. Blanski and Robert H. Grubbs for "Backfunctionalized imidazolinium salts and NHC carbene-metal complexes" (U.S. Patent No. 10,913,723).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Joseph Miller, Zhili Zhang, Yue Wu, and Mark Gragston for "Method for spatially-localized gas-phase temperature measurements through ceramic materials" (U.S. Patent No. 10,895,507).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Edwin Forster for "Method for predicting stochastic output performance or scaling stochastic inputs" (U.S. Patent No. 10,902,089).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Merrett, Serhiy Leontsev, Daniel Gillaugh, Kevin Yost, Dr. Gregory Minkiewicz, and James Hendershot Jr. for "Integrated, variable flux path electrical generator for turbine engines" (U.S. Patent No. 10,897,182).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Oscar Ruiz for "Method for prevention of biodeterioration of fuels" (U.S. Patent No. 10,876,059).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Oscar Ruiz for "Method for prevention of biodeterioration of fuels" (U.S. Patent No. 10,876,058).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Larry Byrd for a “Method for estimating physical characteristics of two materials” (U.S. Patent No. 10,788,347).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Alberto Medina for a “Rapid flap deflection for high lift transients” (U.S. Patent No. 10,745,107).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Doman and Dr. Oppenheimer, for a “Fail-safe selective self-locking actuator” (U.S. Patent No. 10,711,872).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Mr. David Zeppettella for "Nested Split Crescent Dipole Antenna" (U.S. Patent No. 10,615,496).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Fellner and Mr. Max Tsao for "Hybrid Lithium/Carbon Monofluoride and Lithium/Phthalocyanine Battery" (U.S. Patent No. 10,615,408).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Mabry, Mr. Andrew Guenthner, Mr. Josiah Reams, Mr. Kevin Lamison, Mr. Anish Tuteja, Mr. Arun Kota and Mr. Gibrum Kwon for "Apparatuses and methods for energy efficient separations including refining of fuel products" (U.S. Patent No. 10,590,350).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Nicholas Niedbalski, Dr. Soumya Patnaik, Mr. Douglas Johnson, and Mr. Jamie Ervin for "Thermal management using endothermic heat sink" (U.S. Patent No. 10,578,369).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Mabry, Mr. Timothy Haddad, and Mr. Sean Ramirez for "Synthesis of functional fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (F-POSS)" (U.S. Patent No. 10,550,271).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. James Joo for "Bi-stable Compliant Switch System" (U.S. Patent No. 10,546,703).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Rusty Blanski and Mr. Robert Grubbs for "Backfunctionalized Imidazolinium Salts and NHC Carbeen-Metal Complexes" (U.S. Patent No. 10,538,494).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Mabry, Mr. Andrew Guenthner, Mr. Jeffrey Alston, Mr. Peter Boyd, and Mr. Timothy Rost for "Surface Coatings, Treatments and Methods for Removal of Mineral Scale by Self-Release” (U.S. Patent No. 10,526,526)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Lewis "Tyson" Ross for "Intelligent Compression Wrap" (U.S. Patent No. 10,524,976).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Wesley Hoffman and Mr. Phillip Wapner, for "Self-Clearing Vents Based on Droplet Expulsion” (U.S. Patent No. 10,502,448).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Oscar Ruiz for a “Method for Prevention of Biodeterioration of Fuels and Materials/Matrices in contact with fuels by inhibition of Efflux Pumps and Cell Membrane Disruption” (U.S. Patent No. 10,487,281).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of Dr. Joseph Mabry, Mr. Adam Meuler, Mr. Robert Cohen, and Mr. Gareth McKinley, for “Liquid Repellent Surfaces” (U.S. Patent No. 10,479,895).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to the RQ inventor team of David Doman, Adam Gerlach, and Josiah Vandermey, for an “Apparatus and Method for Ballistic Airdrop” (U.S. Patent No. 10,384,780).
