Patents Examined by Katie L Hammer
  • Patent number: 12116279
    Abstract: This invention in one aspect relates to a method of synthesizing a self-assembled mixed-dimensional heterostructure including 2D metallic borophene and 1D semiconducting armchair-oriented graphene nanoribbons (aGNRs). The method includes depositing boron on a substrate to grow borophene thereon at a substrate temperature in an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) chamber; sequentially depositing 4,4?-dibromo-p-terphenyl on the borophene grown substrate at room temperature in the UHV chamber to form a composite structure; and controlling multi-step on-surface coupling reactions of the composite structure to self-assemble a borophene/graphene nanoribbon mixed-dimensional heterostructure. The borophene/aGNR lateral heterointerfaces are structurally and electronically abrupt, thus demonstrating atomically well-defined metal-semiconductor heterojunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark C. Hersam, Qiucheng Li, Xiaolong Liu, Eden B Aklile
  • Patent number: 12119133
    Abstract: Disk shaped fine carbon particles. A fine carbon particle having a diameter of less than 3 microns and a height of less than 0.05 micron substantially in disk form are described. Admixtures with other fine particles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Monolith Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ned J. Hardman, Roscoe W. Taylor, Peter L. Johnson, Robert J. Hanson
  • Patent number: 12103909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-based compounds, for a molecular electronic device, enabling molecular rectification, and molecular electronic devices comprising a molecular layer formed by means of the compounds self-assembled on an electrode. The compounds according to the present invention can realize rectifying properties by being introduced between electrodes and thus enable a high rectification ratio by means of low voltage driving, and thus can be substituted for a silicon-based diode device and, more particularly, can be utilized for a wearable device, Bluetooth, an IoT enabling device and the like which require low voltage driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Hyo Jae Yoon, Soo Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 12084729
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of decorated natural leather including the steps of applying a crusted leather, having a corium side, a grain side and an edge, on a conveyor system, having a position means, and aligning said crusted leather by moving said edge against said position means; and laminating said aligned crusted leather on a temporary carrier, having an adhesive layer, wherein said corium side is attached by said adhesive layer on said temporary carrier while conveying said crusted leather on said conveyor system towards said temporary carrier and moving said temporary carrier relative to said conveyor system; and inkjet printing on said grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks an image by an inkjet printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Patent number: 12082426
    Abstract: A composition comprising a first compound and a second compound of formula (I) wherein EDG is an electron-donating group comprising a polycyclic hetero aromatic group and each BAG is an electron-accepting group of formula (II) --- is a bond to EDG; each R10 is, independently in each occurrence, H or a substituent; each R11-R14 is, independently in each occurrence, H or an electron-withdrawing group; and of the first and second compounds of formula (I), the total number of electron-withdrawing groups R11-R14 is greater for the first compound of formula (I). The composition may further contain an electron donor capable of donating an electron to the compounds of formula (I). The composition may be used in the photoactive layer of an organic photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Martinez, Nir Yaacobi-Gross
  • Patent number: 12070964
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather including the steps of: jetting a decorative image with one or more radiation curable inkjet inks on a leather surface; and curing the radiation curable inkjet inks jetted on the leather surface; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include a colorant and a polymerizable composition containing 0.5 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds with the weight percentages based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include 0 to 35.0 wt % of organic solvent; and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and wherein the glass transition temperature of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks (I) is less than 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Yiru Li
  • Patent number: 12065406
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic optoelectronic diode and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Shin, Yong-Woo Kim, Gwang-Il Dong
  • Patent number: 12024636
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a conductive coating which includes preparing a conductive powder, preparing a wet conductive powder, preparing a base slurry, and performing a centrifugal mixing process. A graphite and a carbon black are uniformly mixed and performed on a powder refining process to obtain the conductive powder. The conductive powder and an additive are uniformly mixed to obtain the wet conductive powder. A neoprene and a solvent are uniformly mixed and performed on a ball milling process to obtain the base slurry. 45 parts by weight to 55 parts by weight of the wet conductive powder and 45 parts by weight to 55 parts by weight of the base slurry are centrifugal mixed in a centrifugal mixing process at 900 rpm to 1000 rpm to obtain the conductive coating having a viscosity between 55000 cP and 60000 cP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hou-Sheng Huang, Chien-Lung Shen
  • Patent number: 11987717
    Abstract: A low temperature sinterable copper nanoparticle or nanowire, comprising gold, zinc, nickel, tin, or aluminum as an alloying metal, and a capping agent. The nanoparticles or nanowires may be deposited on porous or fibrous substrates, the capping agent desorbed, and sintered at low temperature to form conductive traces or sensing elements. The nanoparticles or nanowires may be deposited by aerosol jet, inkjet or dispenser printers, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Chuan-Jian Zhong, Shan Yan, Shiyao Shan, Ning He, Ning Kang, Jin Luo
  • Patent number: 11981155
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather including the steps of: jetting a decorative image with one or more radiation curable inkjet inks on a leather surface; and curing the radiation curable inkjet inks jetted on the leather surface; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include a colorant and a polymerizable composition containing 0 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds with the weight percentages based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include 0 to 35.0 wt % of organic solvent; and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and wherein the glass transition temperature of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks (I) is less than 25° C.; and wherein one of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks includes a white pigment in an amount of at least 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Yiru Li
  • Patent number: 11965146
    Abstract: A bleaching apparatus has an immersing vessel for immersing clothes in a chemical liquid, and a light source for irradiating the clothes immersed in the immersing vessel with light. The chemical liquid may include an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent in a concentration of 3 to 30% owf. The illumination intensity of the light is 10,000 to 70,000 lx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KUWAHARA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yoshihide Atokawa
  • Patent number: 11963438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Formula I wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Au; T is a five-membered or six-membered heterocyclic ring, which is optionally substituted, wherein T includes a carbene carbon coordinated to M, or T is aromatic and includes a sp2 nitrogen coordinated to M; L is a group comprising a coordinating member selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S, and P, wherein the coordinating member coordinates L to M; and Q1 and Q2 are each independently a linker, wherein the linker connects T to the coordinating member of L to form a macrocyclic ligand coordinated to M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Peter I. Djurovich, Mark E. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11939476
    Abstract: A dry dye pad for dyeing fishing lures can include: a dye; and a substrate comprising polymer particles suspended in a liquid plasticizer, wherein the substrate forms a permanently plasticized solid after heating and cooling. The substrate can be a plastisol. The plastisol can be heated and cooled to form the dye pad with the dye. The fishing lure can be dyed by contacting at least a portion of the fishing lure to a surface of the dry dye pad. The fishing lure can be dyed in as little as 1 to 3 seconds. The dry dye will not stain a user's skin. A stencil can be placed over the surface of the dry dye pad to create a dyed pattern on the fishing lure. The lure can be dyed with more than one color and patterns to create a lure that resembles bait or prey for fishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Francois L. Pasalich, Jeanne L. Pasalich
  • Patent number: 11939653
    Abstract: An electrically-conductive material containing Ag in an amount of 10 mass % or more and 70 mass % or less, Pd in an amount of 30 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less, Ni in an amount of more than 5 mass % and 45 mass % or less, and inevitable impurities. A ratio of a Ni content (mass %) to a Ag content (mass %) (Ni (mass %)/Ag (mass %)) is 0.1 or more and 5.0 or less, metal structures include a AgPd alloy phase and a PdNi alloy phase, and a volume ratio of the PdNi alloy phase is 18 vol % or more and 80 vol % or less. Ni is added in a high concentration to a AgPd alloy, and the amount of PdNi alloy phases generated as separate phases is controlled to strengthen the entire alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventor: Terumasa Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11935668
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive material that is capable of achieving a high-electric conductivity, long-term stability under an atmospheric environment, heat and humidity stabilities, as well as a conductive film and a solar cell using the same. The conductive material includes a mixture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSS acid). The element ratio (S/C ratio) of sulfur (S) to carbon (C) in the mixture may be from 0.001 to 0.1 in terms of the number of atoms. CNTs and PSS acid may make up a content percentage of 10 wt % or more in the mixture. These conductive films comprised of the conductive material 6 may have a weight per unit area of the CNTs in the range from 1 mg/m2 to 10000 mg/m2. The solar cell may include the conductive film 7, wherein the film is on the surface of a semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Waseda University, Sino-Japan Electric Heater Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Noda, Rongbin Xie
  • Patent number: 11912897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive coating material curable at low temperatures. The present invention relates to a conductive coating material containing: 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin-containing binder component (A); 500 to 2500 parts by weight of metal particles (B); 1 to 150 parts by weight of a curing agent (C); 20 to 800 parts by weight of a solvent (D); and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a curing catalyst (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakazono, Kazuhiro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11905653
    Abstract: A method for decorating a natural leather comprising the following steps: a) holding by vacuum suction the natural leather with its corium side to an air-permeable support onto a vacuum support of an inkjet printer; and b) inkjet printing a decorative image on the natural leather wherein the air-permeable support is partly covered by said natural leather. The air-permeable support comprises a fibrous layer in contact with the corium side of the natural leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Patent number: 11897813
    Abstract: A nanoporous carbon-loaded cement composite that conducts electricity. The nanoporous carbon-loaded cement composite can be used in a variety of different fields of use, including, for example, a structural super-capacitor as an energy solution for autonomous housing and other buildings, a heated cement for pavement deicing or house basement insulation against capillary rise, a protection of concrete against freeze-thaw (FT) or alkali silica reaction (ASR) or other crystallization degradation processes, and as a conductive cable, wire or concrete trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX
    Inventors: Roland J. M. Pellenq, Aikaterini Ioannidou, Nicolas Chanut, Thibaut Divoux, Renal Backov, Franz-Josef Ulm
  • Patent number: 11894233
    Abstract: Methods of depositing platinum group metal films of high purity, low resistivity, and good conformality are described. A platinum group metal film is formed in the absence of an oxidant. The platinum group metal film is selectively deposited on a conductive substrate at a temperature less than 200° C. by using an organic platinum group metal precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yixiong Yang, Wei V. Tang, Seshadri Ganguli, Sang Ho Yu, Feng Q. Liu, Jeffrey W. Anthis, David Thompson, Jacqueline S. Wrench, Naomi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11866597
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 2-dimensional MXenes surface-modified with catechol derivatives, a method for preparing the same, MXene organic ink including the same, and use thereof (e.g. flexible electrodes, conducive cohesive/adhesive materials, electromagnetic wave-shielding materials, flexible heaters, sensors, energy storage devices). Particularly, the simple, fast, and scalable surface-functionalization process of MXenes using catechol derivatives (e.g. ADOPA) organic ligands significantly improves the dispersion stability in various organic solvents (including ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone and acetonitrile) and produces highly concentrated organic liquid crystals of various MXenes (including Ti2CTx, Nb2CTx, V2CTx, Mo2CTx, Ti3C2Tx, Ti3CNTx, Mo2TiC2Tx, and Mo2Ti2C3Tx). Such products offer excellent electrical conductivity, improved oxidation stability, excellent coating and adhesion abilities to various hydrophobic substrates, and composite processability with hydrophobic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chong Min Koo, In Sik In, Tae Yun Ko, Daesin Kim, Se Hyun Doo, Seon Joon Kim, Soon Man Hong, Seung Sang Hwang, Kyung Youl Baek, Albert Lee, Sangho Cho