Patents by Inventor Brandon Kobilka

Brandon Kobilka 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: 10618023
    Abstract: Microcapsules with a plurality of functionalities on the surface, an article of manufacture including microcapsules with a plurality of functionalities on the surface, and a method of forming a microcapsule with a plurality of functionalities on the surface which includes: providing one or more microcapsules; forming one or more wax particles, the wax particles including a wax core with the one or more microcapsules partially embedded in the wax core; functionalizing a first exposed surface of the one or more microcapsules; removing the functionalized one or more microcapsules from the wax core; and functionalizing a second exposed surface of the functionalized one or more microcapsules, the second exposed surface previously embedded in the wax core are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Jason Wertz, Brandon Kobilka, Sarah Czaplewski
  • Publication number: 20190111403
    Abstract: Microcapsules with a plurality of functionalities on the surface, an article of manufacture including microcapsules with a plurality of functionalities on the surface, and a method of forming a microcapsule with a plurality of functionalities on the surface which includes: providing one or more microcapsules; forming one or more wax particles, the wax particles including a wax core with the one or more microcapsules partially embedded in the wax core; functionalizing a first exposed surface of the one or more microcapsules; removing the functionalized one or more microcapsules from the wax core; and functionalizing a second exposed surface of the functionalized one or more microcapsules, the second exposed surface previously embedded in the wax core are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Jason Wertz, Brandon Kobilka, Sarah Czaplewski