Patents by Inventor Feng-Rong Dai

Feng-Rong Dai 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).

  • Modular assembly of metal-organic super-containers incorporating calixarenes
    Patent number: 9868752
    Abstract: A new strategy to design container molecules is presented. Sulfonylcalix[4]arenes, which are synthetic macrocyclic containers, are used as building blocks that are combined with various metal ions and tricarboxylate ligands to construct metal-organic ‘super-containers’ (MOSCs). These MOSCs possess both endo and exo cavities and thus mimic the structure of viruses. The synthesis of MOSCs is highly modular, robust, and predictable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: South Dakota Board of Regents
    Inventors: Zhenqiang Wang, Feng-Rong Dai
  • MODULAR ASSEMBLY OF METAL-ORGANIC SUPER-CONTAINERS INCORPORATING CALIXARENES
    Publication number: 20170334939
    Abstract: A new strategy to design container molecules is presented. Sulfonylcalix[4]arenes, which are synthetic macrocyclic containers, are used as building blocks that are combined with various metal ions and tricarboxylate ligands to construct metal-organic ‘super-containers’ (MOSCs). These MOSCs possess both endo and exo cavities and thus mimic the structure of viruses. The synthesis of MOSCs is highly modular, robust, and predictable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Zhenqiang Wang, Feng-Rong Dai