Patents by Inventor Natasha Laguodas Wilkerson

Natasha Laguodas Wilkerson 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).

  • Broadband artificial dielectric with dynamically optical control
    Patent number: 8784704
    Abstract: A material is provided for switching dielectric constant between distinct first and second values responsive to electromagnetic radiation having a specified energy. The material includes a medium transparent to the radiation and a plurality of particulates. Each particulate has a dipole that assumes one of distinct first and second parameters that correspond to the first and second values. The particulates are suspended within the medium. The parameters are either dipole span or charge strength. The dipole of each particulate sets to the first parameter by default and sets to the second parameter in response to the radiation. The particulates can be composed from undoped semi-insulating gallium arsenide. The medium can be polymethylmethacrylate, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin A. Boulais, Pearl Rayms-Keller, Michael S. Lowry, Francisco Santiago, Karen J. Long, Walter D. Sessions, Natasha Laguodas Wilkerson, Reniery Cevallos
  • Broadband artificial dielectric with dynamically optical control
    Publication number: 20140061507
    Abstract: A material is provided for switching dielectric constant between distinct first and second values responsive to electromagnetic radiation having a specified energy. The material includes a medium transparent to the radiation and a plurality of particulates. Each particulate has a dipole that assumes one of distinct first and second parameters that correspond to the first and second values. The particulates are suspended within the medium. The parameters are either dipole span or charge strength. The dipole of each particulate sets to the first parameter by default and sets to the second parameter in response to the radiation. The particulates can be composed from undoped semi-insulating gallium arsenide. The medium can be polymethylmethacrylate, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: United States Government, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin A. Boulais, Alfredo N. Rayms-Keller, Michael S. Lowry, Francisco Santiago, Karen J. Long, Walter D. Sessions, Natasha Laguodas Wilkerson, Reniery Cevallos