Patents Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation
  • Electrodes, lithium-ion batteries, and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 11515528
    Abstract: Described herein are improved composite anodes and lithium-ion batteries made therefrom. Further described are methods of making and using the improved anodes and batteries. In general, the anodes include a porous composite having a plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites. At least one of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites is formed from a dendritic particle, which is a three-dimensional, randomly-ordered assembly of nanoparticles of an electrically conducting material and a plurality of discrete non-porous nanoparticles of a non-carbon Group 4A element or mixture thereof disposed on a surface of the dendritic particle. At least one nanocomposite of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites has at least a portion of its dendritic particle in electrical communication with at least a portion of a dendritic particle of an adjacent nanocomposite in the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Oleksandr Magazynskyy, Patrick Dixon, Benjamin Hertzberg
  • Miniature autonomous robotic blimp
    Patent number: 11511842
    Abstract: A blimp includes a circular disk-shaped envelope filled with a lighter-than-air gas. A gondola is affixed to an underside of the envelope and is disposed at a region directly below a center point of the circle defined by the intersection of the envelope and the horizontal plane. The gondola includes: a horizontally-disposed elongated circuit board that functions as a structural member of the gondola; and a vertical member extending upwardly from the circuit board and having a top that is attached to the underside of the envelope. A thrusting mechanism is affixed to the gondola and is configured to generate thrust. An electronics suite is disposed on and electrically coupled to the circuit board and includes a blimp processor configured to generate control signals that control the thrusting mechanism. A battery is affixed to the gondola and provides power to the electronics suit and the thrusting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Fumin Zhang, Qiuyang Tao, Tun Jian Tan, Phillip Sung Tse Cheng, Sungjin Cho, Vivek Mishra, Jesse P. Varnell
  • POLYMER HYDROGELS FOR IN VIVO APPLICATIONS AND METHODS FOR USING AND PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20220370618
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are described for a polymer hydrogel created by a cycloaddition reaction between an azide and an alkyne that proceeds rapidly without catalyst to produce the polymer hydrogel in less than ninety seconds. The polymer hydrogel can be used in in vivo applications for the localized delivery of therapeutic agent in aqueous solutions. An example of therapeutic delivery of a protein in a mouse model is demonstrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Niren Murthy, Christopher Hermann, David Scott Wilson, Xinghai Ning, Barbara D. Boyan, Zvi Schwartz, Robert Guldberg, Tamim Diab
  • Carbon molecular sieve membranes containing a group 13 metal and method to make them
    Patent number: 11504675
    Abstract: A carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane having improved separation characteristics for separating olefins from their corresponding paraffins is comprised of carbon with at most trace amounts of sulfur and a group 13 metal. The CMS membrane may be made by pyrolyzing a precursor polymer devoid of sulfur in which the precursor polymer has had a group 13 metal incorporated into it, wherein the metal is in a reduced state. The pyrolyzing for the precursor having the group 13 metal incorporated into it is performed in a nonoxidizing atmosphere and at a heating rate and temperature such that the metal in a reduced state (e.g., covalently bonded to carbon or nitrogen or in the metal state).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Han Chu, William J. Koros, Liren Xu, Mark K. Brayden, Marcos V. Martinez
  • Stretchable electronic material and devices
    Patent number: 11508919
    Abstract: Devices and methods relating stretchable electronics are disclosed. Some disclosed embodiments relate to a stretchable electronic film comprising an insulating polymer and less than 1 wt % of a semiconducting polymer. Other disclosed embodiments relate to manufacturing a multi-layered, stretchable electronic device characterized by a single peel-off step for integrating all components of the device rather than a multi-peel synthesis of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Guoyan Zhang, Michael McBride, Ping-Hsun Chu, Elsa Reichmanis, Nils Erland Persson
  • Formulations for the suprachoroidal space of an eye and methods
    Patent number: 11504431
    Abstract: Provided herein are fluid formulations for administration to a suprachoroidal space of an eye of a patient. The fluid formulations may include a pharmaceutical agent, a binding molecule, or a combination thereof. The pharmaceutical agent and the binding molecule may be bonded to each other covalently, non-covalently, or a combination thereof. The pharmaceutical agent may be configured to bond to an ocular tissue. The binding molecule may be configured to bond to an ocular tissue. Methods of administering the fluid formulations, methods of expanding a suprachoroidal space, and methods of reducing the minimum force to separate the sclera and choroid are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Emory University, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Prausnitz, Bryce Chiang
  • Battery cell including an inorganic, melt-infiltrated, solid-state electrolyte
    Patent number: 11502332
    Abstract: In an aspect, a solid-state Li-ion battery (SSLB) cell, may comprise an anode electrode comprising an anode electrode surface and an anode active material, a cathode electrode comprising a cathode electrode surface and an cathode active material, and an inorganic, melt-infiltrated, solid state electrolyte (SSE) ionically coupling the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the electrode surfaces comprises an interphase layer separating the respective electrode active material from direct contact with the SSE, and wherein the interphase layer comprises two or more metals from the list of: Zr, Al, K, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La or non-La lanthanoids, Ta, Zr, Hf, and Nb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Yiran Xiao, Kostiantyn Turcheniuk
  • Privacy preserving face-based authentication
    Patent number: 11494476
    Abstract: Example systems and methods for biometric authentication that can bridge fuzzy extractors with deep learning and achieve the goals of preserving privacy and providing recoverability from zero are disclosed. Embeddings comprising a face or speaker embedding in a non-Hamming distance space can be processed to create a personal reliable bit map and a reliable locality-sensitive hash (LSH) for mapping the non-Hamming distance space to a Hamming distance space. A fuzzy extractor can be applied to create metadata that can be stored on a computing device. A secret can be recovered from the metadata and can be used for identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pak Ho Chung, Wenke Lee, Erkam Uzun, Carter Yagemann
  • Proton-conducting electrolytes for reversible solid oxide cells
    Patent number: 11495818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are barium hafnate comprising proton-conducting electrolytes for use in solid oxide fuel cells. The disclosed electrolytes are also useful for electrolysis operations and for carbon dioxide tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Phillips 66 Company, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Ryan Murphy
  • Black liquor concentration by a membrane comprising graphene oxide on porous polymer
    Patent number: 11484838
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a membrane-based device configured to concentrate black liquor, which results from papermaking. Certain embodiments may comprise a nanofiltration membrane configured to remove lignin from black liquor, and the nanofiltration membrane may include a first macroporous polymer substrate and a first graphene oxide membrane covering the first macroporous polymer substrate. Some embodiments may comprise a reverse osmosis membrane, which may include a second macroporous polymer substrate and a second graphene oxide membrane covering the second macroporous polymer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Fereshteh Rashidi, Sankar Nair, Nikita Kevlich, Meisha Shofner, Scott Sinquefield, Zhongzhen Wang
  • Solution-based additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 11485869
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are solution-based additive manufacturing inks comprising a polymer, a volatile solvent compound, and a nonsolvent compound. With current additive manufacturing techniques, a wide range of functionally innovative polymers are left without the ability to be used in additive manufacturing. Improved additive manufacturing techniques to process advanced functional polymers are desirable. The disclosed ink is operable to render any chosen polymer useable in additive manufacturing methods. The composition of the disclosed ink allows for a phase inversion to occur to transition the ink from a liquid ink to a solid manufactured structure. Also disclosed herein are devices for additive manufacturing of the ink and methods for making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan P. Lively, Laurens Victor Breedveld, Fengyi Zhang
  • Synthetic hydrogel carriers for cellular structures, generation of organoids, and treatment of tissue injury
    Patent number: 11478571
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are synthetic hydrogel useful for the generation, storage and administration of cellular structures such as spheroids and organoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ricardo Cruz-Acuna, Andres J. Garcia, Asma Nusrat, Jason R. Spence, Miguel Quiros
  • Ultrafast catalytic COcapture catalyzed by a novel ultrasound-treated ionic liquid
    Patent number: 11478747
    Abstract: A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim+][NTF2?] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim+][NTF2?] for the reversible CO2 sorption and desorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maohong Fan, Xiaowen Zhang, Yangyan Gao, Armistead G Russell, Xin He
  • Rational nano-coulomb ionization
    Patent number: 11476778
    Abstract: An ion pulse generator (100) includes a triboelectric generator (110), an ion emitter (132) and a conductive surface (134). The triboelectric generator (110) includes a first electrode (114), a spaced apart second electrode (120) and a first triboelectric layer (116). The triboelectric generator (110) generates a predetermined amount of charge as a result of relative movement of the first triboelectric layer (116). The ion emitter (132) is electrically coupled to the first electrode (114). The conductive surface (134) is electrically coupled to the second electrode (120) and is spaced apart from the ion emitter (132) at a predetermined distance. Generation of the predetermined amount of charge causes formation of ions between the ion emitter (132) and the conductive surface (134).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Anyin Li, Facundo Martin Fernandez, Yunlong Zi
  • Systems and methods for continuous fabrication of woven composite materials
    Patent number: 11473223
    Abstract: A machine and method are presented for continuously forming a woven composite with controllable internal fabric geometry. The machine may include one or more spools for dispensing one or more warp filaments, a roller assembly configured to receive a composite weave, a warp rack having a plurality of warp heads for engaging the warp filaments and vertically adjusting position to dynamically create a weave pattern in response to the insertion of one or more weft filaments by a weft inserter stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Marc Oberste, Phillip Sung Tse Cheng, Ben Wang
  • Transition metal containing carbon molecular sieve membranes and method to make them
    Patent number: 11471824
    Abstract: A carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane having improved separation characteristics for separating olefins from their corresponding paraffins is comprised of carbon with at most trace amounts of sulfur and a transition metal, wherein the transition metal is one or more of a group 4-10 and 12 transition metal. The CMS membrane may be made by pyrolyzing a precursor polymer devoid of sulfur in which the precursor polymer has had a transition metal incorporated into it. The pyrolyzing for the precursor having the transition metal incorporated into it is performed in a nonoxidizing atmosphere and at a heating rate and temperature such that the metal has a valence greater than zero (i.e., not metal bonded) to a valence desirably closer to its maximum valence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Han Chu, William J. Koros, Liren Xu, Mark K. Brayden, Marcos V. Martinez
  • System for sensing backscatter tag communications from retrodirective antenna arrays
    Patent number: 11474233
    Abstract: A system for using thin and energy-autonomous backscatter tags and corresponding sensing nodes may operate with 24 GHz backscatter reflectarray tags having low power consumption. A digital beam steering, frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar may be used for detection, localization, identification and communications. The tags may include environmental sensors that are used to modulate backscatter waves for data communications directed to a reader or may digitally modulate the backscatter transmissions without sensor data for independent localization of each tag in a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jimmy Georges Donald Hester, Emmanouil M Tentzeris
  • Network employing cube satellites
    Patent number: 11476926
    Abstract: A space-based communications network (100) includes at least one central ground station (116) having a transceiver that is configured to communicate with satellites, such as cube satellites (110). The cube satellites (110) form an ad hoc network of orbital cube satellites, in which each of the cube satellites (110) communicate with each other. One of the cube satellites communicates with the ground station (116). A ground-based control system (1000) communicates with the central ground station (116). The control system (1000) continuously determines a configuration of the ad hoc network (100) and communicates network control information for the cube satellites (110) to maintain communications in the ad hoc network (100). The cube satellites (110) disseminate the network control to each other via the ad hoc network (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ian F. Akyildiz, Ahan Kak, Shuai Nie
  • VIP antagonists and uses in treating cancer
    Patent number: 11471506
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer or viral infections comprising administering an effective amount of a VIP antagonist in combination with an immune check-point inhibitor to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the immune check-point inhibitor is an anti-PD1 or anti-PDL1 antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Emory University, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Edmund K. Waller, Rebecca Pankove, Susan Thomas, Sruthi Ravindranathan
  • Particles for targeted delivery and uses in managing bleeding or blood clotting
    Patent number: 11464748
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to microcapsule particles for targeted delivery of drugs. In certain embodiments, the particles comprise polyelectrolyte polymers, e.g., layers of anionic polymers and cationic polymers. In certain embodiments, the particles have a fibrinogen coating. In certain embodiments, the particles contain a polysaccharide core and/or a polysaccharide coating encapsulating drugs, proteins, clotting agents, coagulation factors, or anticoagulants. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates methods of using particles disclosed herein to prevent or reduce onset of or duration of bleeding. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates methods of using particles disclosed herein to prevent or reduce onset of blood clotting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc., Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Chapman University
    Inventors: Wilbur A. Lam, Caroline Hansen, Yumiko Sakurai, Andrew Lyon