Patents by Inventor Avik HALDER

Avik HALDER 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: 10654772
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for generating alkenes, the method having the steps of contacting an alkane with catalyst clusters no greater than 10 nm for a time sufficient to convert the alkane to alkene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Vajda, Avik Halder, Larry A. Curtiss
  • Publication number: 20200079709
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for generating alkenes, the method having the steps of contacting an alkane with catalyst clusters no greater than 10 nm for a time sufficient to convert the alkane to alkene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Vajda, Avik Halder, Larry A. Curtiss
  • Patent number: 10385032
    Abstract: The invention provides a one pot method for generating propylene oxide, the method having the steps of contacting propane with catalyst clusters no greater than 30 atoms in the presence of oxygen for a time sufficient to directly convert the propane to the propylene oxide. The invented method eliminates the generation of intermediate compounds or intermediate reaction steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Vajda, Avik Halder, Larry A. Curtiss
  • Publication number: 20170178163
    Abstract: A computing system for transforming at least one large questionnaire into a plurality of split questionnaires, said system comprising: one or more processors; memory; a display, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by said one or more processors; a questionnaire database for storing survey pilot data and tracking data associated with said at least one large questionnaire having survey questions; a data conversion module comprising said one or more programs executable to generate a data matrix associated with said survey pilot data and tracking data, and to convert said data matrix into a continuous data matrix; a split-questionnaire design (SQD) module comprising said one or more programs executable to receive said continuous data matrix, and operating to transform said at least one large questionnaire into said plurality of split questionnaires, wherein each of said plurality of split questionnaires comprises a subset of said survey questions; a skip logic module compri
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Walter J. RAMDEHOLL, Harvir S. BANSAL, Avik HALDER, Don SINHA