Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Elbert Mincy

Jeffrey Elbert Mincy 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).

  • Microfluidic device utilizing magnetohydrodynamics and method for fabrication thereof
    Patent number: 7467928
    Abstract: Microfluidic channels utilizing magnetohydrodynamics are used to pump very small volumes of solution. The channels have electrodes along the walls and a current carrying species within a solution carries current through the solution. The combination of the electric and magnetic fields causes the solution to flow through the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Eyitayo S. O. Fakunle, Prabhu U Arumugam, Ingrid Fritsch, Jeffrey Elbert Mincy, Fred D. Barlow, III, Gangqiang Wang