Patents by Inventor Francesca Maria Toma

Francesca Maria Toma 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).

  • CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC- AND OXYNITRIDE-BASED SURFACE
    Publication number: 20240141519
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a device includes providing a substrate of the device, forming a structure of the device, the structure being supported by the substrate, having a semiconductor composition, and including a surface, where nitrogen is present at the surface, and incorporating oxygen into the surface to form a stabilizing layer on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Francesca Maria Toma, Tadashi Ogitsu, Zetian MI, Srinivas Vanka, Guosong Zeng, Tuan Anh Pham, Yixin Xiao
  • CARBON-NANOTUBE MODULATION OF MYOCYTE CELLS
    Publication number: 20170145384
    Abstract: Embodiments include compositions of carbon nanotubes complexed with myocyte cells. Embodiments also include methods for making compositions of carbon nanotubes, and methods for modulating the electrophysical, proliferative, and viability potential of myocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Luisa Mestroni, Laura Ballerini, Carlin Long, John Caldwell, Maurizio Prato, Valentina Martinelli, Giada Cellot, Francesca Maria Toma, Lorena Zentilin
  • CARBON-NANOTUBE MODULATION OF MYOCYTE CELLS
    Publication number: 20140087461
    Abstract: Embodiments include compositions of carbon nanotubes complexed with myocyte cells. Embodiments also include methods for making compositions of carbon nanotubes, and methods for modulating the electrophysical, proliferative, and viability potential of myocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, THE REGENTS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
    Inventors: Luisa Mestroni, Laura Ballerini, Carlin Long, John Caldwell, Maurizio Prato, Valentina Martinelli, Giada Cellot, Francesca Maria Toma, Lorena Zentilin