Patents by Inventor Edward James Williams

Edward James Williams 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: 20230197869
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p- type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer dis -posed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: HENRY JAMES SNAITH, EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM CROSSLAND, ANDREW HEY, JAMES BALL, MICHAEL LEE, PABLO DOCAMPO
  • Publication number: 20230057290
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for plastid transformation and regeneration or development of transplastomic plants are provided. Embryo explants may be excised from seeds, and their meristematic tissue may be transformed directly without initiation of any callus phase before and/or after transformation. The present methods may be performed with fewer culturing steps relative to conventional methods, thereby enabling more rapid and efficient production of targeted transplastomic events in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Brian J. Martinell, Anna Mary O'Keefe, David Alan Somers, Edward James Williams, Xudong Ye
  • Patent number: 11527663
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p-type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer disposed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Henry James Snaith, Edward James William Crossland, Andrew Hey, James Ball, Michael Lee, Pablo Docampo
  • Publication number: 20220393048
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p-type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer disposed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: HENRY JAMES SNAITH, EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM CROSSLAND, ANDREW HEY, JAMES BALL, MICHAEL LEE, PABLO DOCAMPO
  • Patent number: 11512320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of Cannabis meristem explants from dry seeds. Also described are methods of transforming and gene editing using the Cannabis meristem explants disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael W. Petersen, Edward James Williams, Robert Harnish, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler, Brian Martinell, Ray Collier, Frank McFarland, Shawn Michael Kaeppler
  • Patent number: 11469338
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p-type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer disposed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Henry James Snaith, Edward James William Crossland, Andrew Hey, James Ball, Michael Lee, Pablo Docampo
  • Publication number: 20220246872
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device comprises a PIN structure in which a p-type hole transporting layer (2) is carried by a substrate (1) and a perovskite layer (3) and an n-type electron transporting layer (4) are arranged in sequence on the p-type layer. A light transmissive electrically conductive layer (9) is provided on top of the n-type electron transporting layer to form a light receiving top surface. Between the n-type electron transporting layer and the light transmissive conductive layer there is provided a structure comprising two inorganic electrically insulative layers (6, 8) having a layer of a conductive material (7) therebetween, wherein the two inorganic electrically insulative layers comprise a material having a band gap of greater than 4.5 eV and the layer of a conductive material comprises a material having a band gap of less than the band gap of the electrically insulative layers, wherein each electrically insulative layer forms a type-1 offset junction with the layer of conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ben WILLIAMS, Nicola BEAUMONT, Edward James William CROSSLAND
  • Patent number: 11377662
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for the stable transformation of meristem explants from cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler
  • Patent number: 11266086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added explants produced by the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Amy Jo Miyamoto, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Robert Wayne Harnish
  • Publication number: 20210254083
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of Cannabis meristem explants from dry seeds. Also described are methods of transforming and gene editing using the Cannabis meristem explants disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael W. Petersen, Edward James Williams, Robert Harnish, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler, Brian Martinell, Ray Collier, Frank McFarland, Shawn Michael Kaeppler
  • Publication number: 20210071186
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of Cannabis meristem explants from dry seeds. Also described are methods of transforming and gene editing using the Cannabis meristem explants disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael W. Petersen, Edward James Williams, Robert Harnish, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler, Brian Martinell, Ray Collier, Frank McFarland, Shawn Michael Kaeppler
  • Publication number: 20200396918
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for sterile extraction, drying, storage, and transformation of immature and mature maize and monocot embryos. The present disclosure also describes a dried, storable, freezable value added maize and monocot explants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Martinell, Michael William Petersen, Edward James Williams, Frank Lloyd McFarland, Nathaniel Schleif, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler
  • Publication number: 20200365748
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p-type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer disposed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: HENRY JAMES SNAITH, EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM CROSSLAND, ANDREW HEY, JAMES BALL, MICHAEL LEE, PABLO DOCAMPO
  • Patent number: 10777364
    Abstract: A formulation for use in the preferential formation of thin films of a perovskite material AMX3 with a certain required crystalline structure, wherein said formulation comprises two or more compounds which between them comprise one or more first organic cations A; one or more metal cations M; one or more second cations A?; one or more first anions X and one or more second anions X?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicola Beaumont, Brett Akira Kamino, Benjamin Langley, Edward James William Crossland
  • Patent number: 10593487
    Abstract: A formulation for use in the preferential formation of thin films of a perovskite material AMX 3 with a certain required crystalline structure, wherein said formulation comprises two or more compounds which between them comprise one or more first organic cations A; one or more metalcations M; one or more second cations A?; one or more first anions X and one or more second anions X?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicola Beaumont, Brett Akira Kamino, Benjamin Langley, Edward James William Crossland
  • Publication number: 20200051752
    Abstract: A formulation for use in the preferential formation of thin films of a perovskite material AMX3 with a certain required crystalline structure, wherein said formulation comprises two or more compounds which between them comprise one or more first organic cations A; one or more metal cations M; one or more second cations A?; one or more first anions X and one or more second anions X?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Nicola BEAUMONT, Brett Akira KAMINO, Benjamin LANGLEY, Edward James William CROSSLAND
  • Publication number: 20190208723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added explants produced by the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Amy Jo Miyamoto, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Robert Wayne Harnish
  • Publication number: 20190211347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for the stable transformation of meristem explants from cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler
  • Publication number: 20180315870
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p-type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer disposed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: HENRY JAMES SNAITH, EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM CROSSLAND, ANDREW HEY, JAMES BALL, MICHAEL LEE, PABLO DOCAMPO
  • Patent number: 10069025
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic device comprising a photoactive region, which photoactive region comprises: an n-type region comprising at least one n-type layer; a p-type region comprising at least one p-type layer; and, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region: a layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity. The perovskite semiconductor is generally light-absorbing. In some embodiments, disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region is: (i) a first layer which comprises a scaffold material, which is typically porous, and a perovskite semiconductor, which is typically disposed in pores of the scaffold material; and (ii) a capping layer disposed on said first layer, which capping layer is said layer of a perovskite semiconductor without open porosity, wherein the perovskite semiconductor in the capping layer is in contact with the perovskite semiconductor in the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Henry James Snaith, Edward James William Crossland, Andrew Hey, James Ball, Michael Lee, Pablo Docampo