Patents by Inventor David E. Franz

David E. Franz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120217389
    Abstract: An electrospray ionization laboratory on a chip for in situ detection of organic molecules includes a substrate, an input for accepting organic molecule samples, an enrichment column for concentrating organic molecule samples and delivering a concentrated sample to a micro fluidic channel, an analytical column connected in serial to the enrichment column for accepting the concentrated sample, a detector for accepting a pressurized fluid output from the analytical column, and an output nozzle assembly for generating an electrospray output for mass spectrometry analysis. The nozzle assembly may include 1, 2 or 4 (arranged in a rectangular fashion) nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Yun Zheng, Stephanie A. Getty, David E. Franz
  • Publication number: 20110284756
    Abstract: The invention concerns a single detector with two designable wavelengths and bandwidths for ultraviolet detection based on n?/n+-GaN and AlGaN structures grown over sapphire substrates. The detector has several layers grown over a sapphire substrates, including a buffer layer comprising AlN; a first band-edge comprising AlX Ga1-X N; a second band-edge comprising AlYGa1-Y N; a third band-edge comprising AlZ Ga1-Z N. The detector also has ohmic contacts formed on the AlX Ga1-X N band-edge. A bias voltage is applied to the detector through the ohmic contacts so as to select a range of wavelengths in the UV region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Laddawan R. Miko, David E. Franz, Carl M. Stahle, Bing Guan, Diane E. Pugel, Shahid Aslam