Patents by Inventor Calvin Gardner

Calvin Gardner 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).

  • Publication number: 20230293758
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are described for digitally creating new scents or digitally dispensing gas, vapor, or liquid substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Patent number: 11565016
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are described for digitally creating new scents or digitally dispensing gas, vapor, or liquid substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Sensable Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Publication number: 20230001037
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented sub stances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Patent number: 11464883
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented substances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Sensable Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Publication number: 20220252542
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to nanotechnology and to nano-electronics and molecular electronic sensors. In an exemplary embodiment, a nano-sensor having a nanoparticle complex attached at each end to a respective nano-electrode. An exemplary nanoparticle complex includes a biomolecule coupled at each end to a metallic nanoparticle to form a dumbbell-shaped molecular bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Merriman, Sonal Jain, Drew Kennedy, Venkatesh Alagarswamy Govindaraj, Calvin Gardner, Chulmin Choi, Namseok Park, Richard Dubielzig, Le Zheng, David Porras, Paul Pan
  • Publication number: 20200324011
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are described for digitally creating new scents or digitally dispensing gas, vapor, or liquid substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Publication number: 20200276351
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented substances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Patent number: 10556034
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are described for digitally creating new scents or digitally dispensing gas, vapor, or liquid substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Sensable Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Patent number: 10556035
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented substances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Sensable Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Publication number: 20180361704
    Abstract: Adaptive smart textiles that facilitate reduced energy consumption are described. In one implementation, a dual pane fabric arrangement includes a first pane of fabric and a second pane of fabric separated by an intra-layer gap, and an insert layer disposed in the intra-layer gap, wherein the insert layer causes a thickness of the intra-layer gap to change responsive to changes in ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Sungho JIN, Calvin GARDNER, Ying ZHONG, Gunwoo KIM, Renkun CHEN, Chulmin CHOI, Yuongjin KIM
  • Publication number: 20180154034
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented substances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Publication number: 20180071425
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are described for digitally creating new scents or digitally dispensing gas, vapor, or liquid substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Patent number: 9907876
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented substances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Sensable Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew
  • Publication number: 20160067367
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing switchable dispensing and/or delivery of scented substances. In one aspect, a device includes a cartridge structured to include one or more chambers containing one or more scented substances contained in a corresponding chamber, a housing structured to include a compartment to hold the cartridge, an opening to allow the scented substances to dispense to an outer environment from the device, and one or more transporting channels formed between the compartment and the opening, in which each of the one or more transporting channels is configured to accelerate a scented substance from the corresponding chamber to the opening, and an actuator switch arranged in a corresponding transporting channel and operable to move between an open position and a closed position based on an applied signal to selectively allow passage of the scented substance from the corresponding transporting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Sungho Jin, Calvin Gardner, Stewart Matthew