Patents by Inventor Jani Kivioja
Jani Kivioja 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).
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Patent number: 11976989Abstract: A strain sensor that includes a first atomic layer deposition layer, a flexible molecular layer deposition layer on top of the first atomic layer deposition layer, and a second atomic layer deposition layer on top of the molecular layer deposition layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: PICOSUN OYInventors: Marko Pudas, Jani Kivioja, Niku Oksala
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Patent number: 11730558Abstract: A medical instrument, including an atomic layer deposition, ALD, coating to indicate the type of the medical instrument, and use of ALD to indicate number of re-uses of a medical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Picosun OyInventors: Jani Kivioja, Niku Oksala
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Publication number: 20230257870Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coated item 10 in a chemical deposition reactor and a coated item produced by said method are provided. The method comprises deposition of a first coating on a first surface of the item 10, and/or deposition of a second coating on a second surface of said item.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Jani KIVIOJA, Marko PUDAS
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Patent number: 11668005Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coated item 10 in a chemical deposition reactor and a coated item produced by the method are provided. The method includes deposition of a first coating on a first surface of the item 10, and/or deposition of a second coating on a second surface of the item.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: PICOSUN OYInventors: Jani Kivioja, Marko Pudas
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Patent number: 10995001Abstract: A percolation network of functionalised reduced graphene oxide flakes, the percolation network configured to allow for hopping of charge carriers between adjacent reduced graphene oxide flakes to enable a flow of charge carriers through the percolation network, and wherein the reduced graphene oxide flakes are functionalised to facilitate detectable changes in the flow of charge carriers in response to a stimulus to the percolation network.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technolgies OyInventors: Samiul Md Haque, Elisabetta Spigone, Jani Kivioja
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Publication number: 20200385857Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coated item 10 in a chemical deposition reactor and a coated item produced by the method are provided. The method includes deposition of a first coating on a first surface of the item 10, and/or deposition of a second coating on a second surface of the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Jani KIVIOJA, Marko PUDAS
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Publication number: 20200305998Abstract: A medical instrument, including an atomic layer deposition, ALD, coating to indicate the type of the medical instrument, and use of ALD to indicate number of re-uses of a medical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Picosun OyInventors: Jani KIVIOJA, Niku OKSALA
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Publication number: 20200309620Abstract: A strain sensor that includes a first atomic layer deposition layer, a flexible molecular layer deposition layer on top of the first atomic layer deposition layer, and a second atomic layer deposition layer on top of the molecular layer deposition layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Picosun OyInventors: Marko PUDAS, Jani KIVIOJA, Niku OKSALA
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Patent number: 10775340Abstract: An apparatus comprising first and second electrodes (201, 202) separated by an electrolyte (203), the first and second electrodes (201, 202) configured to exhibit a potential difference therebetween on interaction of the first electrode (201) with an analyte, wherein the first electrode (201) is configured such that its electrical conductance and electrochemical potential are dependent upon the amount of analyte present, the electrical conductance and electrochemical potential of the first electrode (201) affecting the potential difference between the first and second electrodes (201, 202), and wherein the apparatus comprises respective first and second terminals (204, 205) configured for electrical connection to a readout circuit to enable determination of the presence and/or amount of analyte based on the potential difference.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Di Wei, Michael Astley, Stefano Borini, Jani Kivioja
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Publication number: 20190145840Abstract: An apparatus including nail clipping edges configured to move towards each other when a force is applied to the apparatus, and one or more strain gauges configured to sense transformations of the apparatus caused by said force.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Jani Kivioja, Jarkko Pellikka
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Publication number: 20190133494Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: control the magnitude of a stimulus applied by a stimulator to the skin of a human or animal body; and receive an output from a sensor configured to detect the response of a muscle in the human or animal body to the applied stimulus, the sensor output in combination with the magnitude of the applied stimulus enabling the sensitivity of the human or animal body to the applied stimulus to be determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Kiti MULLER, Teemu Ahmaniemi, Satu Rajala, Jani Kivioja
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Patent number: 10203303Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of first elongate electrodes (101) separated from a plurality of second transversely oriented elongate electrodes (102) by an electrolyte (103), the plurality of transversely oriented first (101) and second (102) electrodes forming an array of respective electrochemical sensor nodes at the spaced crossings thereof, wherein the first electrodes (101) are configured such that the interaction of an analyte with the first electrode (101) at a sensor node affects an electrical property of the sensor node, and wherein the apparatus comprises respective terminals connected to each electrode (101, 102) for electrical connection to a measurement circuit to enable determination of the presence and/or amount of analyte at a particular sensor node based on a measurement of the electrical property of that sensor node.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Michael Astley, Di Wei, Stefano Borini, Jani Kivioja
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Patent number: 9970970Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method comprises: providing a first input signal to a sensor; measuring a first output signal provided from the sensor in response to the first input signal and calculating capacitance of the sensor from the first measured output signal; providing a second input signal to the sensor; measuring the output signal provided from the sensor in response to the second input signal and calculating resistance of the sensor from the second measured output signal; wherein the first and second input signals are provided at different times.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Michael Robert Astley, Darryl Cotton, Jani Kivioja, Richard White
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Patent number: 9886143Abstract: An apparatus includes a capacitance touch sensor arrangement configured to have a variable capacitance that varies when a conductive object approaches; and at least one variable impedance sensor configured to have a variable impedance that varies with a sensed parameter; an output node; and at least one switch configured to provide, in a first configuration, an output impedance at the output node that depends upon the variable capacitance and configured to provide, in a second configuration, an output impedance at the output node that depends upon the variable impedance.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Michael Astley, Darryl Cotton, Jani Kivioja
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Patent number: 9728771Abstract: An apparatus comprises an anode formed of graphene oxide from an acidic pH; a cathode from a pH greater than the acidic pH of the anode; and charge collectors deposited on the anode and the cathode. The anode comprises graphene oxide, the graphene oxide comprising an ink and having a pH of about 1 to about 4.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Di Wei, Stefano Marco Borini, Richard White, Jani Kivioja
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Publication number: 20170184528Abstract: A percolation network of functionalised reduced graphene oxide flakes, the percolation network configured to allow for hopping of charge carriers between adjacent reduced graphene oxide flakes to enable a flow of charge carriers through the percolation network, and wherein the reduced graphene oxide flakes are functionalised to facilitate detectable changes in the flow of charge carriers in response to a stimulus to the percolation network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Samiul Md HAQUE, Elisabetta SPIGONE, Jani KIVIOJA
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Publication number: 20160254398Abstract: An apparatus (100) comprising: semiconductor (2); and an asymmetric electrode arrangement (10) comprising a first electrode (11), a second electrode (12) separated from the first electrode across a portion of the semiconductor and at least one surface plasmon polariton generator (20) associated with at least the first electrode (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Tim ECHTERMEYER, Elefterios LIDORIKIS, Alan COLLI, Jani KIVIOJA, Andrea FERRARI
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Publication number: 20160223490Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of first elongate electrodes (101) separated from a plurality of second transversely oriented elongate electrodes (102) by an electrolyte (103), the plurality of transversely oriented first (101) and second (102) electrodes forming an array of respective electrochemical sensor nodes at the spaced crossings thereof, wherein the first electrodes (101) are configured such that the interaction of an analyte with the first electrode (101) at a sensor node affects an electrical property of the sensor node, and wherein the apparatus comprises respective terminals connected to each electrode (101, 102) for electrical connection to a measurement circuit to enable determination of the presence and/or amount of analyte at a particular sensor node based on a measurement of the electrical property of that sensor node.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Michael ASTLEY, Di WEI, Stefano BORINI, Jani KIVIOJA
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Publication number: 20160187286Abstract: An apparatus comprising first and second electrodes (201, 202) separated by an electrolyte (203), the first and second electrodes (201, 202) configured to exhibit a potential difference therebetween on interaction of the first electrode (201) with an analyte, wherein the first electrode (201) is configured such that its electrical conductance and electrochemical potential are dependent upon the amount of analyte present, the electrical conductance and electrochemical potential of the first electrode (201) affecting the potential difference between the first and second electrodes (201, 202), and wherein the apparatus comprises respective first and second terminals (204, 205) configured for electrical connection to a readout circuit to enable determination of the presence and/or amount of analyte based on the potential difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Di WEI, Michael ASTLEY, Stefano BORINI, Jani KIVIOJA
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Patent number: 9147398Abstract: An apparatus includes a breath sensor including a film configured to sense a variation in electrical impedance based on a moisture gradient and output the sensed variation as an output signal; and a controller configured to process the output signal from the breath sensor. The apparatus is configured to receive the output signal from the breath sensor and provide a signal in response thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Richard White, Jani Kivioja, Andrew Peter Matthews, Michael Astley, Stefano Marco Borini