Patents by Inventor Benjamin Scott Harrison

Benjamin Scott Harrison 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).

  • Method and apparatus for producing near-infrared radiation
    Patent number: 7928278
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method, apparatus, and composition of matter for producing near-infrared (near-IR) radiation. The subject invention can incorporate a polymer and a metal-containing compound, wherein the metal-containing compound can incorporate a metal-ligand complex, wherein when the metal-ligand complex becomes excited, energy is transferred from the ligand to the metal, wherein, the energy transferred to the metal by sensitization is emitted as near-infrared radiation. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a composition of matter having a luminescent polymer and a metal containing compound where the metal containing compound incorporates a metal-ligand complex such that the absorption spectrum of the metal-ligand complex at least partially overlaps with the emission spectrum of the luminescent polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk S. Schanze, John R. Reynolds, James M. Boncella, Paul H. Holloway, Benjamin Scott Harrison, Tim Foley, Sriram Ramakrishnan
  • Method and apparatus for producing near-infrared radiation
    Publication number: 20020197050
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method, apparatus, and composition of matter for producing near-infrared (near-IR) radiation. The subject invention can incorporate a polymer and a metal-containing compound, wherein the metal-containing compound can incorporate a metal-ligand complex, wherein when the metal-ligand complex becomes excited, energy is transferred from the ligand to the metal, wherein, the energy transferred to the metal by sensitization is emitted as near-infrared radiation. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a composition of matter having a luminescent polymer and a metal containing compound where the metal containing compound incorporates a metal-ligand complex such that the absorption spectrum of the metal-ligand complex at least partially overlaps with the emission spectrum of the luminescent polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Kirk S. Schanze, John R. Reynolds, James M. Boncella, Paul H. Holloway, Benjamin Scott Harrison, Tim Foley, S. Ramakrishnan