Patents by Inventor Bobby G. Sumpter

Bobby G. Sumpter 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: 11518674
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as the system) fabricates controllable atomic assemblies in two and three dimensions. The systems identify by a non-invasive imager, a local atomic structure, distribution of vacancies, and dopant atoms and modify, by a microscopic modifier, the local atomic structure, via electron beam irradiation. The systems store, by a knowledge base, cause-and-effect relationships based on a non-invasive imaging and electron scans. The systems detect, by detectors, changes in the local atomic structure induced by the electron irradiation; and fabricate, a modified atomic structure by a beam control software and feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sergei V. Kalinin, Stephen Jesse, Albina Y. Borisevich, Ondrej E. Dyck, Bobby G. Sumpter, Raymond R. Unocic
  • Patent number: 10777381
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as a method) to fabricate nanorobots. The method generates a pixel map of an atomic object and identifies portions of the atomic object that form a nanorobot. The method stores those identifications in a memory. The method adjusts an electron beam to a noninvasive operating level and images the portions of the atomic object that form the nanorobot. The method executes a plurality of scanning profiles by the electron beam to form the nanorobot and detects nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings via the electron beam in response to executing the plurality of scanning profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sergei V. Kalinin, Stephen Jesse, Ondrej E. Dyck, Bobby G. Sumpter
  • Publication number: 20200247667
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as the system) fabricates controllable atomic assemblies in two and three dimensions. The systems identify by a non-invasive imager, a local atomic structure, distribution of vacancies, and dopant atoms and modify, by a microscopic modifier, the local atomic structure, via electron beam irradiation. The systems store, by a knowledge base, cause-and-effect relationships based on a non-invasive imaging and electron scans. The systems detect, by detectors, changes in the local atomic structure induced by the electron irradiation; and fabricate, a modified atomic structure by a beam control software and feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Sergei V. Kalinin, Stephen Jesse, Albina Y. Borisevich, Ondrej E. Dyck, Bobby G. Sumpter, Raymond R. Unocic
  • Patent number: 9610608
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein include all-electron control over a chemical attachment and the subsequent self-assembly of an organic molecule into a well-ordered three-dimensional monolayer on a metal surface. The ordering or assembly of the organic molecule may be through electron excitation. Hot-electron and hot-hole excitation enables tethering of the organic molecule to a metal substrate, such as an alkyne group to a gold surface. All-electron reactions may allow a direct control over the size and shape of the self-assembly, defect structures and the reverse process of molecular disassembly from single molecular level to mesoscopic scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Minghu Pan, Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, Petro Maksymovych, Bobby G. Sumpter, Qing Li
  • Publication number: 20130264747
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein include all-electron control over a chemical attachment and the subsequent self-assembly of an organic molecule into a well-ordered three-dimensional monolayer on a metal surface. The ordering or assembly of the organic molecule may be through electron excitation. Hot-electron and hot-hole excitation enables tethering of the organic molecule to a metal substrate, such as an alkyne group to a gold surface. All-electron reactions may allow a direct control over the size and shape of the self-assembly, defect structures and the reverse process of molecular disassembly from single molecular level to mesoscopic scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: UT Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Minghu A. Pan, Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, Petro Maksymovych, Bobby G. Sumpter, Qing Li
  • Publication number: 20090024547
    Abstract: A system (100) and method (800) to predict toxicological effects of molecules is provided. The method can include obtaining (802) a three-dimensional (3-D) structure of a molecule from a database, transforming (804) the 3-D structure to a one-dimensional (1-D) geometrical representation using a combination of a molecular transform (114) and wavelet transform (115), computing a topology and electronic structure of the molecule via topological indices, and generating a feature vector (500) comprising the 1-D geometrical representation (510), and the topology and the electronic structure (520). The system can predict at least one among metabolic processes, modes of action, hepatotoxicity, and neurotoxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Po-Yung Lu, Bobby G. Sumpter, John S. Wassom, Sheryl A. Martin, Pamela L. Piotrowski, Donald W. Noid
  • Patent number: 6461546
    Abstract: This invention describes a method of producing polymer powders from solution in a compatible solvent using a new device referred to as a microdroplets on demand generator (MODG). The embodiment of this invention is the MODG apparatus and its relevance as a method to extensive application in materials science and technology. Proof of concept is demonstrated using poly(ethylene) glycol polymer microparticles generated with the MODG and captured in a microparticle levitation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Noid, Joshua U. Otaigbe, Michael D. Barnes, Bobby G. Sumpter, Chung-Yi Kung