Original design. Protected innovation.
The Calculated Chemist develops its own science-inspired objects rather than reselling generic stock merchandise. This page is the public record of the patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property associated with those products. It is maintained as an ongoing record and updated as rights are granted or change status.
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Patents & Designs
The products identified below are covered by the patents listed with them, grouped by the jurisdiction in which each patent was granted. This page is published to give public notice of those patents and the articles they cover.
Flask Vessel
The Flask Vessel is covered by U.S. Design Patent No. D1,124,879.
In the People’s Republic of China, the Flask Vessel is covered by Design Patent No. ZL 2025 3 0732014.1.
United States
- U.S. Patent No.
- D1,124,879
- Status
- Issued · In force
- Title of Patent
- Tumbler
- Application No.
- 29/908,461
- Filing Date
- January 12, 2024
- Issue Date
- May 5, 2026
- Inventor
- Tanner Gerschick, Founder — The Calculated Chemist
People’s Republic of China
- Patent No.
- ZL 2025 3 0732014.1
- Status
- Granted · In force
- Grant Publication No.
- CN 309855128 S
- Design Title
- Water Bottle (水瓶)
- Filing Date
- December 11, 2025
- Grant Date
- March 20, 2026
- Certificate No.
- 9872753
- Issuing Authority
- China National Intellectual Property Administration
- Designer
- Tanner Gerschick, Founder — The Calculated Chemist
A design patent protects the ornamental appearance of an article as shown and described in the patent drawings. It does not cover the function, materials, insulation performance, or capacity of the product. Each patent is enforceable only in the jurisdiction that granted it.
This section lists the issued and granted patents of The Calculated Chemist only. Pending applications of the company are not listed here. The founder’s prior published applications, which are not property of The Calculated Chemist, are recorded separately in section 02 below.
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Founder Inventorship Record
The applications below arise from Tanner Gerschick’s earlier career in industrial polymer and materials research, carried out as an employee of Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC (now Syensqo Specialty Polymers USA, LLC), which is the applicant of record on all five. They are listed here so that the inventorship stated elsewhere on this site can be checked against the public record.
These are not intellectual property of The Calculated Chemist. They belong to the applicant named above. They do not relate to the Flask Vessel or to any other product sold by this company, and they grant this company no rights of any kind.
High melt temperature soluble semi-crystalline polyamides
Published as US 2023/0257524 A1.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Publication No.
- US 2023/0257524 A1
- Title
- High melt temperature soluble semi-crystalline polyamides
- Filing Office
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Application No.
- 18/003,878
- Publication Date
- August 17, 2023
- Role of Tanner Gerschick
- First-named inventor
Novel co-polyamides
Published as US 2023/0151151 A1.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Publication No.
- US 2023/0151151 A1
- Title
- Novel co-polyamides
- Filing Office
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Application No.
- 17/802,892
- Publication Date
- May 18, 2023
- Role of Tanner Gerschick
- First-named inventor
Novel polyamide
Published as US 2023/0142483 A1.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Publication No.
- US 2023/0142483 A1
- Title
- Novel polyamide
- Filing Office
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Application No.
- 17/802,875
- Publication Date
- May 11, 2023
- Role of Tanner Gerschick
- First-named inventor
Method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object using a nitride
Published as US 2021/0054186 A1.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Publication No.
- US 2021/0054186 A1
- Title
- Method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object using a nitride
- Filing Office
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Application No.
- 17/043,690
- Publication Date
- February 25, 2021
- Role of Tanner Gerschick
- Named inventor (fourth of four named inventors)
Depolymerisation of polyethersulfone, depolymerized mixture recovered therefrom, and 4,4-di-substituted diphenylsulfone products isolated therefrom
Published as WO 2026/032841 A2.
World Intellectual Property Organization · Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Publication No.
- WO 2026/032841 A2
- Title
- Depolymerisation of polyethersulfone, depolymerized mixture recovered therefrom, and 4,4-di-substituted diphenylsulfone products isolated therefrom
- Filing Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization (PCT)
- Application No.
- PCT/EP2025/072033
- Publication Date
- February 12, 2026
- Role of Tanner Gerschick
- Named inventor (fourth of seven named inventors)
These are published patent applications, not granted patents. Publication means the application was made public by the patent office; it does not mean a patent was granted. Four were published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and one is an international application published under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Each record, including its current prosecution status, can be examined in full through the link on its title.
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Trademarks
Marks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office are shown with the ® symbol. Marks used in commerce without a federal registration are shown with the ™ symbol.
THE CALCULATED CHEMIST®
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 7,425,027
- Serial No.
- 97/734,648
- Status
- Registered · Live
- Register
- Principal Register
- Registration Date
- June 25, 2024
- International Class
- Class 35
- Goods & Services
- On-line retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others
- Owner of Record
- The Calculated Chemist, L.L.C.
Registered as a standard character mark. No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “CHEMIST” apart from the mark as shown.
FLASK VESSEL™
Common-law mark · No federal registration
- Status
- Unregistered · Rights claimed through use in commerce
- Used In Connection With
- Insulated stainless steel drinking vessels
FLASK VESSEL is used as a product name and trademark of The Calculated Chemist. It is not federally registered, and the ™ symbol is used accordingly.
Trademark status reflects United States Patent and Trademark Office records as of the date shown at the foot of this page.
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General Notice
The products, product designs, trademarks, logos, graphics, artwork, photography, copy, packaging, and other original materials of The Calculated Chemist may be protected by United States patent, trademark, copyright, and trade dress law, and by the corresponding laws of other jurisdictions where applicable.
This page may not represent the complete intellectual property portfolio of The Calculated Chemist. The absence of a product, design, or mark from this page is not a waiver of any right and is not a representation that the item is unprotected.
Nothing on this page grants any license or right to use any patent, trademark, or copyrighted material of The Calculated Chemist. Requests for permission may be directed to us using the contact information below.
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Questions about this record.
Questions concerning the patents, trademarks, licensing, permissions, or other intellectual property matters described on this page may be directed to The Calculated Chemist.
