Patents by Inventor Carlo Pantano

Carlo Pantano 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: 11414345
    Abstract: Materials that seamlessly transition from opaque to transparent or translucent, such as advanced geopolymer-based ceramics to glass structures, which can be directly and seamlessly bonded without the use of an intermediate adhesive or use of a frame are disclosed. That is, a GP-based ceramic to glass structure can be bonded directly and seamlessly and without any mechanical joints, connective tissue or adhesives such as caulking or epoxy. Such ceramic to glass materials can be prepared by sintering an engineered geopolymer with glass to form the geopolymer-based advanced ceramic-glass structure in which the interface is visually abruptly or in which the material is a graded composition with a controlled transition from one material to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shadi Nazarian, Carlo Pantano, Paolo Colombo, Mauro Marangoni
  • Publication number: 20190047910
    Abstract: Materials that seamlessly transition from opaque to transparent or translucent, such as advanced geopolymer-based ceramics to glass structures, which can be directly and seamlessly bonded without the use of an intermediate adhesive or use of a frame are disclosed. That is, a GP-based ceramic to glass structure can be bonded directly and seamlessly and without any mechanical joints, connective tissue or adhesives such as caulking or epoxy. Such ceramic to glass materials can be prepared by sintering an engineered geopolymer with glass to form the geopolymer-based advanced ceramic-glass structure in which the interface is visually abruptly or in which the material is a graded composition with a controlled transition from one material to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shadi NAZARIAN, Carlo PANTANO, Paolo COLOMBO, Mauro MARANGONI
  • Patent number: 8542475
    Abstract: A self healing high energy glass capacitor is provided. The capacitor can have a glass layer with a top surface and a bottom surface. A top sacrificial layer can extend across the top surface and a bottom sacrificial layer can extend across the bottom surface. In addition, a top electrode can extend across the top sacrificial layer and a bottom electrode can extend across the bottom sacrificial layer. In some instances the glass capacitor has an energy breakdown of at least 6 joules per cubic centimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Lanagan, Carlo Pantano, Hoi Kwan Lee, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Nicholas Smith
  • Publication number: 20120020105
    Abstract: Structures for making and using a drawn preform from a plurality of tubes are provided. The drawn preform includes a first end of the preform defining source side of the preform and a second end of the preform defining a delivery side of the preform. At least some tubes of the plurality of tubes of the second end of the preform are drawn to a dimension of at least less than one micron in size. The drawn preform is capable of manipulating materials (e.g., fluids, chemicals, biological samples, solids, inks, etc.) as the materials go through the tubes from a source end to the delivery end, or when the material is already present within one of the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Sherburne Slack, Carlo Pantano
  • Publication number: 20110085279
    Abstract: A self healing high energy glass capacitor is provided. The capacitor can have a glass layer with a top surface and a bottom surface. A top sacrificial layer can extend across the top surface and a bottom sacrificial layer can extend across the bottom surface. In addition, a top electrode can extend across the top sacrificial layer and a bottom electrode can extend across the bottom sacrificial layer. In some instances the glass capacitor has an energy breakdown of at least 6 joules per cubic centimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Lanagan, Carlo Pantano, Hoi Kwan Lee, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Nicholas Smith
  • Patent number: 7881577
    Abstract: Structures and method for making, using and implementing a drawn preform from a plurality of tubes are provided. The drawn preform includes a first end of the preform defining source side of the preform and a second end of the preform defining a delivery side of the preform. At least some tubes of the plurality of tubes of the second end of the preform are drawn to a dimension of at least less than one micron in size. The drawn preform is capable of including conductors integrated with the tubes, and the conductors enable manipulation of materials (e.g., fluids, chemicals, biological samples, solids, inks, etc.) as the go through the tubes from a source end to the delivery end, or when the material is already present on a target substrate or receiving cell or material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventors: Sherburne Slack, Carlo Pantano
  • Publication number: 20070075007
    Abstract: A multicapillary column especially useful for liquid chromatography and sample preparation comprising a plurality of uniform capillaries coated with an insoluble stationary phase, wherein the thickness of the stationary phase is correlated with the radius of the individual capillaries for high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Yuri Belov, Carlo Pantano, Subramania Ramachandran, Vladimir Sidelnikov
  • Publication number: 20070017870
    Abstract: A multicapillary sample preparation device, especially useful for handling biological samples, comprising a plurality of uniform capillary tubes coated with a stationary phase, and arranged in a monolithic element. The multicapillary device is suitable for attachment to a pipette, micropipette, syringe, or other analytical or sample preparation instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Yuri Belov, Carlo Pantano, Ksenia Lvova
  • Publication number: 20050281884
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the synthesis of unagglomerated, highly dispersed, stable core/shell nanocomposite particles comprised of preparing a reverse micelle microemulsion that contains nanocomposite particles, treating the microemulsion with a silane coupling agent, breaking the microemulsion to form a suspension of the nanocomposite particles by adding an acid/alcohol solution to the microemulsion that maintains the suspension of nanocomposite particles at a pH of between about 6 and 7, and simultaneously washing and dispersing the suspension of nanocomposite particles, preferably with a size exclusion HPLC system modified to ensure unagglomeration of the nanocomposite particles. The primary particle size of the nanocomposite particles can range in diameter from between about 1 to 100 nm, preferably from between about 10 to 50 nm, more preferably about 10 to 20 nm, and most preferably about 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: James Adair, Sarah Rouse, Jun Wang, Mark Kester, Christopher Siedlecki, William White, Erwin Vogler, Alan Snyder, Carlo Pantano, Victor Ruiz-Velasco, Lawrence Sinoway
  • Publication number: 20050139536
    Abstract: A multicapillary column especially useful for liquid chromatography and sample preparation comprising a plurality of uniform capillaries coated with an insoluble stationary phase, wherein the thickness of the stationary phase is correlated with the radius of the individual capillaries for high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Yuri Belov, Carlo Pantano, Subramania Ramachandran, Vladimir Sidelnikov