Patents by Inventor Piotr Cyganik

Piotr Cyganik 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).

  • Patterning methods and products
    Patent number: 9738062
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a surface-modified layer system comprising a substrate (2) and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) (1) anchored to its surface. The SAM (1) is comprised by aryl or rigid alicyclic moiety species. The process comprises providing a polymorphic SAM (1) anchored to the substrate (2), and thermally treating (4) the SAM to change from a first to a second structural form thereof. The invention also provides a thermolithographic form of process in which the thermal treatment (4) is used to transfer a pattern (3) to the SAM (1), which is then developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: The University Court of The University of St. Andrews
    Inventors: Manfred Buck, Piotr Cyganik
  • PATTERNING METHODS AND PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130171433
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a surface-modified layer system comprising a substrate (2) and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) (1) anchored to its surface. The SAM (1) is comprised by aryl or rigid alicyclic moiety species. The process comprises providing a polymorphic SAM (1) anchored to the substrate (2), and thermally treating (4) the SAM to change from a first to a second structural form thereof. The invention also provides a thermolithographic form of process in which the thermal treatment (4) is used to transfer a pattern (3) to the SAM (1), which is then developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Manfred Buck, Piotr Cyganik
  • Patterning methods and products
    Patent number: 8241841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a surface-modified layer system comprising a substrate (2) and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) (1) anchored to its surface. The SAM (1) is comprised by aryl or rigid alicyclic moiety species. The process comprises providing a polymorphic SAM (1) anchored to the substrate (2), and thermally treating (4) the SAM to change from a first to a second structural form thereof. The invention also provides a thermolithographic form of process in which the thermal treatment (4) is used to transfer a pattern (3) to the SAM (1), which is then developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of St. Andrews
    Inventors: Manfred Buck, Piotr Cyganik
  • Patterning methods and products
    Publication number: 20070140901
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a surface-modified layer system comprising a substrate (2) and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) (1) anchored to its surface. The SAM (1) is comprised by aryl or rigid alicyclic moiety species. The process comprises providing a polymorphic SAM (1) anchored to the substrate (2), and thermally treating (4) the SAM to change from a first to a second structural form thereof. The invention also provides a thermolithographic form of process in which the thermal treatment (4) is used to transfer a pattern (3) to the SAM (1), which is then developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Manfred Buck, Piotr Cyganik