Patents by Inventor Nicole Mendoza

Nicole Mendoza 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).

  • Method and kit for forming plastic lenses from molds formed on surface with varied wettability
    Patent number: 10005248
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a monolithic mold including a plurality of lens forming features that can be used to simultaneously form a plurality of lenses with different sizes and shapes. The mold can be formed by disposing a polymeric material around a plurality of physical objects with different shapes and sized. A method of forming the mold includes providing a substrate that has a surface with regions of low and high wettability. Water is deposited on the surface such that water droplets are formed with different contact angles. The mold is formed around the droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michelle Khine, Jolie McLane, Nicole Mendoza
  • METHOD AND KIT FOR FORMING PLASTIC LENSES FROM MOLDS FORMED ON SURFACE WITH VARIED WETTABILITY
    Publication number: 20150084219
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a monolithic mold including a plurality of lens forming features that can be used to simultaneously form a plurality of lenses with different sizes and shapes. The mold can be formed by disposing a polymeric material around a plurality of physical objects with different shapes and sized. A method of forming the mold includes providing a substrate that has a surface with regions of low and high wettability. Water is deposited on the surface such that water droplets are formed with different contact angles. The mold is formed around the droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Michelle Khine, Jolie McLane, Nicole Mendoza