Patents by Inventor Geoffrey R. Hutchison

Geoffrey R. Hutchison 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).

  • Molecularly doped piezoelectric foams
    Patent number: 11335846
    Abstract: A material that includes a polymer foam and at least one polar dopant molecule included in the polymer foam, wherein the material is a piezoelectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Michael James Moody
  • MOLECULARLY DOPED PIEZOELECTRIC FOAMS
    Publication number: 20190036005
    Abstract: A material that includes a polymer foam and at least one polar dopant molecule included in the polymer foam, wherein the material is a piezoelectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Michael James Moody
  • Flexible molecular piezoelectric device
    Patent number: 9985197
    Abstract: A piezoelectric material, comprising: a piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides; a conductive surface; and a substrate, wherein the conductive surface is located between the piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides and the substrate. A touch sensitive device, comprising: a first piezoelectric material, comprising: a piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides containing a dipole moment; a conductive surface; and a substrate; a second piezoelectric material, comprising: a piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides containing a dipole moment; a conductive surface; and a substrate, wherein the oligopeptides making up the self-assembling monolayer of the first and second piezoelectric materials, respectively, have the same amino acid sequence but have an equal and opposite dipole moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Xinfeng Quan
  • FLEXIBLE MOLECULAR PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140375172
    Abstract: A piezoelectric material, comprising: a piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides; a conductive surface; and a substrate, wherein the conductive surface is located between the piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides and the substrate. A touch sensitive device, comprising: a first piezoelectric material, comprising: a piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides containing a dipole moment; a conductive surface; and a substrate; a second piezoelectric material, comprising: a piezoelectric self-assembling monolayer of oligopeptides containing a dipole moment; a conductive surface; and s substrate, wherein the oligopeptides making up the self-assembling monolayer of the first and second piezoelectric materials, respectively, have the same amino acid sequence but have an equal and opposite dipole moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh- Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Xinfeng Quan