Patents by Inventor Benjamin Bunes

Benjamin Bunes 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).

  • Multimode Platform for Detection of Compounds
    Publication number: 20200080978
    Abstract: A multimode gas sensor platform can comprise an array of electrode pairs oriented on a substrate and a plurality of detection zones, wherein at least a portion of individual electrode pairs are separately addressable. Each detection zone can comprise at least one set of individual electrode pairs within the array, where the individual electrode pairs have organic nanofibers uniformly deposited thereon. The organic nanofibers can be responsive to association with a corresponding target material and at least one detection zone can be electronically responsive to the corresponding target material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ling Zang, Benjamin Bunes, Miao Xu
  • Interfacial nanofibril composite for selective alkane vapor detection
    Patent number: 10151720
    Abstract: A nanofiber composite sensor for detecting alkanes can include a network of contacting nanofibers having multiple contact points. Each contact point can form an interfiber interface of interdigitated alkyl chains. Alkanes can be adsorbed at the interfiber interface which results in an increased interfiber distance between first and second nanofibers and a decreased charge transfer efficiency. The detected alkanes can be in a vapor or liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Chen Wang, Ling Zang, Benjamin Bunes
  • INTERFACIAL NANOFIBRIL COMPOSITE FOR SELECTIVE ALKANE VAPOR DETECTION
    Publication number: 20170122893
    Abstract: A nanofiber composite sensor for detecting alkanes can include a network of contacting nanofibers having multiple contact points. Each contact point can form an interfiber interface of interdigitated alkyl chains. Alkanes can be adsorbed at the interfiber interface which results in an increased interfiber distance between first and second nanofibers and a decreased charge transfer efficiency. The detected alkanes can be in a vapor or liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Chen Wang, Ling Zang, Benjamin Bunes
  • MULTIMODE PLATFORM FOR DETECTION OF COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140235493
    Abstract: A muitimode gas sensor platform (100) can comprise an array of electrode pairs (108) oriented on a substrate (102) and a plurality of detection zones (104), wherein at least a portion of individual electrode pairs (106) are separately addressable. Each detection zone (104) can comprise at least one set of individual electrode pairs (106) within the array, where the individual electrode pairs (106) have organic nanofibers (108) uniformly deposited thereon. The organic nanofibers (108) can be responsive to association with a corresponding target material and at least one detection zone (104) can be electronically responsive to the corresponding target material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Ling Zang, Benjamin Bunes, Miao Xu