Patents by Inventor Alex A. Lavens

Alex A. Lavens 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).

  • Patent number: 11768164
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for immobilizing and shipping crystals and for data collection via serial crystallography, the device having a first planar substrate defining a first transversely extending aperture, wherein the first substrate has a first laterally facing surface; a second planar substrate defining a second transversely extending aperture coaxial with the first aperture, wherein the second substrate has a second laterally facing surface; a third planar substrate and a fourth planar substrate positioned between the first and second substrates such that the first planar substrate, the second planar substrate, the third planar substrate and the fourth planar substrate are parallel; and a means for reversibly applying axial pressure to the first and second laterally facing surfaces so as to compress the third and fourth substrates together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Alex A Lavens, Gyorgy Babnigg, Darren A. Sherrell, Andrzej Joachimiak, Youngchang Kim, Jessica L Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210396689
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for immobilizing and shipping crystals and for data collection via serial crystallography, the device having a first planar substrate defining a first transversely extending aperture, opening, wherein the first substrate has a first laterally facing surface; a second planar substrate defining a second transversely extending aperture coaxial with the first aperture, wherein the second substrate has a second laterally facing surface; a third planar substrate and a fourth planar substrate positioned between the first and second substrate such that the first planar substrate, the second planar substrate, the third planar substrate and the fourth planar substrate are parallel; and a means for reversibly applying axial pressure to the first and second laterally facing surfaces so as to compress the third and fourth substrates together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Alex A. Lavens, Gyorgy BABNIGG, Darren A. Sherrell, Andrzej Joachimiak, Youngchang Kim, Jessica L. Johnson