Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Royston

Elizabeth Royston 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).

  • Metal coated virus-based nanoelectrodes and method of assembling of same
    Patent number: 8617869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to high content surface areas containing nickel and/or cobalt metallic compounds assembled on a modified Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) template, wherein the modified TMV template is engineered to encode unique placement of cysteine residues that self-assemble onto gold patterned surfaces in a substantially aligned fashion, producing a >10 fold increase in surface area. Deposition of ionic metals onto the surface assembled virus templates produce uniform metal coatings for the fabrication of oriented high surface area materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: University of Maryland, College Park, Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: James N. Culver, Michael Harris, Elizabeth Royston
  • Preparation of silica stabilized biological templates for the production of metal and layered nanoparticles
    Patent number: 8383237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method providing for increased silica growth on a bio-template, wherein the bio-template is pretreated with aniline to produce a uniform silica attractive surface and yielding a significant silica layers of at least 10 nm, and more preferably at least 20 nm in thickness, thereby providing for a high degree of stability to the bio-template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: University of Maryland, College Park, Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: James N. Culver, Elizabeth Royston, Adam Brown, Michael Harris
  • PREPARATION OF SILICA STABILIZED BIOLOGICAL TEMPLATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METAL AND LAYERED NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20110014472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method providing for increased silica growth on a bio-template, wherein the bio-template is pretreated with aniline to produce a uniform silica attractive surface and yielding a significant silica layers of at least 10 nm, and more preferably at least 20 nm in thickness, thereby providing for a high degree of stability to the bio-template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: James N. Culver, Elizabeth Royston, Adam Brown, Michael Harris
  • METAL COATED VIRUS-BASED NANOELECTRODES AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING OF SAME
    Publication number: 20100093562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to high content surface areas containing nickel and/or cobalt metallic compounds assembled on a modified Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) template, wherein the modified TMV template is engineered to encode unique placement of cysteine residues that self-assemble onto gold patterned surfaces in a substantially aligned fashion, producing a >10 fold increase in surface area. Deposition of ionic metals onto the surface assembled virus templates produce uniform metal coatings for the fabrication of oriented high surface area materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: James N. Culver, Michael Harris, Elizabeth Royston