Patents by Inventor Dustin Janes

Dustin Janes 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).

  • Apparatus and method for sorting modular building blocks
    Patent number: 11701690
    Abstract: A modular building block sorter comprising: a housing having at least two sides and a base and at least one perforated surface adapted to selectively engage with said at least two sides of said housing, wherein said base comprises a first portion and a second portion and wherein said base is other than substantially planar. In some embodiments the base can include one or more discontinuities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Dustin Janes
  • Method for forming a cross-linked layer
    Patent number: 10840090
    Abstract: A method for forming on a substrate a cross-linked layer for directing the self-assembly of a self-assembling material is provided. The method including: (a) providing a structure having the substrate; (b) providing on the substrate a layer of a photo- and thermally cross-linkable substance which, when crosslinked, is suitable for directing the self-assembly of a self-assembling material; (d) photocrosslinking the cross-linkable substance partially; and (d) cross-linking the substance further thermally, thereby forming the cross-linked layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
    Inventors: Dustin Janes, Jan Doise
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING MODULAR BUILDING BLOCKS
    Publication number: 20200276614
    Abstract: A modular building block sorter comprising: a housing having at least two sides and a base and at least one perforated surface adapted to selectively engage with said at least two sides of said housing, wherein said base comprises a first portion and a second portion and wherein said base is other than substantially planar. In some embodiments the base can include one or more discontinuities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Dustin Janes
  • Method for Forming a Cross-Linked Layer
    Publication number: 20190259607
    Abstract: A method for forming on a substrate a cross-linked layer for directing the self-assembly of a self-assembling material is provided. The method including: (a) providing a structure having the substrate; (b) providing on the substrate a layer of a photo- and thermally cross-linkable substance which, when crosslinked, is suitable for directing the self-assembly of a self-assembling material; (d) photocrosslinking the cross-linkable substance partially; and (d) cross-linking the substance further thermally, thereby forming the cross-linked layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin Janes, Jan Doise
  • Ordering block copolymers
    Patent number: 9823568
    Abstract: A method for ordering block copolymers including forming a first layer having a first preference mode; and providing a reactive agent in selected regions of the first layer that modifies the selected regions to a second preference mode, wherein the selected regions define other regions of the first layer retaining the first preference mode thereby forming an alignment layer for block copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: C. Grant Willson, Christopher Ellison, Michael Maher, Christopher Bates, Dustin Janes
  • Ordering Block Copolymers
    Publication number: 20170139326
    Abstract: A method for ordering block copolymers including forming a first layer having a first preference mode; and providing a reactive agent in selected regions of the first layer that modifies the selected regions to a second preference mode, wherein the selected regions define other regions of the first layer retaining the first preference mode thereby forming an alignment layer for block copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: C. Grant Willson, Christopher Ellison, Michael Maher, Christopher Bates, Dustin Janes
  • Ordering block copolymers
    Patent number: 9557640
    Abstract: A method for ordering block copolymers including forming a first layer having a first preference mode; and providing a reactive agent in selected regions of the first layer that modifies the selected regions to a second preference mode, wherein the selected regions define other regions of the first layer retaining the first preference mode thereby forming an alignment layer for block copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: C. Grant Willson, Christopher Ellison, Michael Maher, Christopher Bates, Dustin Janes
  • Ordering Block Copolymers
    Publication number: 20150261090
    Abstract: A method for ordering block copolymers including forming a first layer having a first preference mode; and providing a reactive agent in selected regions of the first layer that modifies the selected regions to a second preference mode, wherein the selected regions define other regions of the first layer retaining the first preference mode thereby forming an alignment layer for block copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: C. Grant Willson, Christopher Ellison, Michael Maher, Christopher Bates, Dustin Janes