• Home
• Policy
• RSS

Archive for the 'Patents' Category

US Patents 7419624 + 7419651 - Fullerene nanotubes

Yazan: admin | 06 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Intelectual Property, Patents

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7419624.htmlhttp://www.freepatentsonline.com/7419651.html
Many of the basic fabrication methods for single walled nanotube production have come from research out of Rice University. While most of Rice’s patents have previously focused on the single walled carbon nanotube type, a recent set of issued patents based on continuations (with priority going back to the 1990’s) have extended the patent coverage [...]

US Patent 7419650 - Functionalized Short CNTs

Yazan: admin | 06 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Intelectual Property, Patents

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7419650.html
For applications in hydrogen storage and as molecular sieves short length (<1 micron) carbon nanotubes have been found to have advantages over longer tube lengths for the diffusion of gases. This patent discloses a method for producing such short length CNTs. Claim 1 reads:
1. A method for producing functionalised short carbon nanotubes with at least [...]

US Patent 7419764 - Nanoimprint mold fabrication using E-beam+photolihography

Yazan: admin | 06 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Intelectual Property, Patents

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7419764.html
In order to achieve sub-100 nm processing in coming years one alternative is nanoimprint lithography. Nanoimprint lithography uses a mold to transfer a pattern onto an opposing substrate. This patent from S. Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute teaches a method for forming a nanoimprint mold using photolithography to form the larger (>100nm) features and [...]

US Patent 7419887 - Laser assisted nanodeposition

Yazan: admin | 06 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Intelectual Property, Patents

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7419887.html
This patent teaches a new type of nanofabrication process involving the focusing of a laser beam width to nanometer dimensions and using the laser to fuse nanoparticles deposited via a nanosize pore. Claim 1 reads:
1. The process of forming a nano structure on a substrate, comprising:
suspending nano particles in a suspension fluid;
applying a pressure to [...]

US Patent 7420106 - Dielectric film characterization using tunneling

Yazan: admin | 06 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Intelectual Property, Patents

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7420106.html
This patent from the University of Utah includes some broad claims covering he characterization of a dielectric surface via tunneling. Claim 1 reads:
1. A method of characterizing a dielectric surface by detecting tunneling events, the method comprising acts of:
applying a first voltage at a given location on the dielectric surface, the voltage being of a [...]