Patents by Inventor H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
H. Kumar Wickramasinghe 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).
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Patent number: 10549277Abstract: Disclosed is a lab-on-a-chip platform comprising a microfluidic device sealed with a thin membrane. An analysis probe configured to penetrate the thin membrane to access a sample trapped in the microfluidic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Abraham P. Lee, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Do-Hyun Lee, Yinglei Tao, Xuan Li
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Patent number: 10526595Abstract: Methods of non-destructively obtaining the genotype of a plant cell from a plant sample are disclosed. The plant cell is isolated from a plant cell sample using an integrated microfluidic device. The integrated microfluidic device includes an individual cell trap located downstream from a microfluidic channel and, the microfluidic device is configured to trap the plant cell in the individual cell trap. mRNA is extracted from the plant cell by contacting the plant cell with an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe and by attracting mRNA from loci of interest to the probe end using a dielectrophoresis DEP force under the alternating current (AC) field applied to the probe. The genotype of the plant cell is determined from cDNA obtained from the extracted mRNA. Alternatively, the mRNA is analyzed to determine gene expression patterns of the plant cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Abraham P. Lee, Do-Hyun Lee, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Yinglei Tao, Xuan Li, Yue Yun
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Publication number: 20180230453Abstract: Methods of non-destructively obtaining the genotype of a plant cell from a plant sample are disclosed. The plant cell is isolated from a plant cell sample using an integrated microfluidic device. The integrated microfluidic device includes an individual cell trap located downstream from a microfluidic channel and, the microfluidic device is configured to trap the plant cell in the individual cell trap. mRNA is extracted from the plant cell by contacting the plant cell with an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe and by attracting mRNA from loci of interest to the probe end using a dielectrophoresis DEP force under the alternating current (AC) field applied to the probe. The genotype of the plant cell is determined from cDNA obtained from the extracted mRNA. Alternatively, the mRNA is analyzed to determine gene expression patterns of the plant cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Abraham P. Lee, Do-Hyun Lee, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Yinglei Tao, Xuan Li, Yue Yun
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Publication number: 20180078940Abstract: Disclosed is a lab-on-a-chip platform comprising a microfluidic device sealed with a thin membrane. An analysis probe configured to penetrate the thin membrane to access a sample trapped in the microfluidic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Abraham P. Lee, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Do-Hyun Lee, Yinglei Tao, Xuan Li
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Patent number: 9862941Abstract: Methods of non-destructively obtaining the genotype of a plant cell from a plant sample are disclosed. The plant cell is isolated from a plant cell sample using an integrated microfluidic device. The integrated microfluidic device includes an individual cell trap located downstream from a microfluidic channel and, the microfluidic device is configured to trap the plant cell in the individual cell trap. mRNA is extracted from the plant cell by contacting the plant cell with an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe and by attracting mRNA from loci of interest to the probe end using a dielectrophoresis DEP force under the alternating current (AC) field applied to the probe. The genotype of the plant cell is determined from cDNA obtained from the extracted mRNA. Alternatively, the mRNA is analyzed to determine gene expression patterns of the plant cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Abraham P. Lee, Do-Hyun Lee, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Yinglei Tao, Xuan Li, Yue Yun
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Patent number: 9658162Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring amplitude and/or phase of a molecular vibration uses a polarization modulated pump beam and a stimulating Stokes beam on a probe of a scanning probe microscope to detect a Raman scattered Stokes beam from the sample. The detected Raman scattered Stokes beam is used to derive at least one of the amplitude and the phase of the molecular vibration.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Publication number: 20170107507Abstract: Methods of non-destructively obtaining the genotype of a plant cell from a plant sample are disclosed. The plant cell is isolated from a plant cell sample using an integrated microfluidic device. The integrated microfluidic device includes an individual cell trap located downstream from a microfluidic channel and, the microfluidic device is configured to trap the plant cell in the individual cell trap. mRNA is extracted from the plant cell by contacting the plant cell with an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe and by attracting mRNA from loci of interest to the probe end using a dielectrophoresis DEP force under the alternating current (AC) field applied to the probe. The genotype of the plant cell is determined from cDNA obtained from the extracted mRNA. Alternatively, the mRNA is analyzed to determine gene expression patterns of the plant cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Abraham P. Lee, Do-Hyun Lee, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Yinglei Tao, Xuan Li, Yue Yun
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Publication number: 20150253248Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring amplitude and/or phase of a molecular vibration uses a polarization modulated pump beam and a stimulating Stokes beam on a probe of a scanning probe microscope to detect a Raman scattered Stokes beam from the sample. The detected Raman scattered Stokes beam is used to derive at least one of the amplitude and the phase of the molecular vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventor: H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Patent number: 8904561Abstract: An atomic force microscope based apparatus and method for detecting Raman effect on a sample of interest utilizes first and second electromagnetic sources to emit first electromagnetic radiation of frequency Vi and second electromagnetic radiation of frequency V2 onto a probe tip, which is coupled to a structure that can oscillate the probe tip. The frequency Vi and the frequency v2 are selected to induce Raman effect on a sample engaged by the probe tip that results in Raman force interactions between the probe tip and the sample. Oscillations of the probe tip due to the Raman force interactions are then measured.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Inventor: H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Publication number: 20140310839Abstract: An atomic force microscope based apparatus and method for detecting Raman effect on a sample of interest utilizes first and second electromagnetic sources to emit first electromagnetic radiation of frequency Vi and second electromagnetic radiation of frequency V2 onto a probe tip, which is coupled to a structure that can oscillate the probe tip. The frequency Vi and the frequency v2 are selected to induce Raman effect on a sample engaged by the probe tip that results in Raman force interactions between the probe tip and the sample. Oscillations of the probe tip due to the Raman force interactions are then measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Patent number: 8739311Abstract: A new method in microscopy is provided which extends the domain of AFM's to nanoscale spectroscopy. Molecular resonance of nanometer features can be detected and imaged purely by mechanical detection of the force gradient between the interaction of the optically driven molecular dipole/multipole and its mirror image in a Platinum coated scanning probe tip. The method is extendable to obtain nanoscale spectroscopic information ranging from infrared to UV and RF.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Inventors: H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Indrajith Rajapaksa
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Publication number: 20130283487Abstract: A new method in microscopy is provided which extends the domain of AFM's to nanoscale spectroscopy. Molecular resonance of nanometer features can be detected and imaged purely by mechanical detection of the force gradient between the interaction of the optically driven molecular dipole/multipole and its mirror image in a Platinum coated scanning probe tip. The method is extendable to obtain nanoscale spectroscopic information ranging from infrared to UV and RF.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Indrajith Rajapaksa
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Patent number: 7130141Abstract: An information processing assembly includes at least one heater suitable for information processing, and a controller for controlling the at least one heater by at least one of adjusting a power to the at least one heater to match a target power level, and changing a polarity of an electrical current supplied to the heater.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: S. Jay Chey, Hendrik F. Hamann, Martin Patrick O'Boyle, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Patent number: 7129560Abstract: A memory cell includes a storage medium having a programmable thermal impedance, and a heater in thermal communication with the storage medium for programming the thermal impedance. In another aspect, a memory cell includes a storage medium having a programmable electrical impedance, and a heater in thermal communication with the storage medium for programming the electrical impedance. In a third aspect, a memory device includes a plurality of the memory cells in accordance with the first and/or second aspect of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Martin Patrick O'Boyle, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Patent number: 6890388Abstract: A method of cleaning using an insonified, pressurized liquid to cleanse and then wash off particulates. The liquid is used to focus and direct the acoustical energy while enabling the trapping of the partials being cleaned and then used to wash off the partials. The acoustical frequency and power is described as optimized to be below the energy level to cause cavitation at the surface of the part being cleaned. The manufacturing process of loading, cleaning and unloading is also described. In another embodiment, a small amount of cavitation is acceptable if the cavitation is below a threshold in which shock waves occur.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael T. Prikas, Theodore G. van Kessel, Robert J. von Gutfeld, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Publication number: 20040190175Abstract: An information processing assembly includes at least one heater suitable for information processing, and a controller for controlling the at least one heater by at least one of adjusting a power to the at least one heater to match a target power level, and changing a polarity of an electrical current supplied to the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: S. Jay Chey, Hendrik F. Hamann, Martin Patrick O'Boyle, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Publication number: 20040188668Abstract: A memory cell includes a storage medium having a programmable thermal impedance, and a heater in thermal communication with the storage medium for programming the thermal impedance. In another aspect, a memory cell includes a storage medium having a programmable electrical impedance, and a heater in thermal communication with the storage medium for programming the electrical impedance. In a third aspect, a memory device includes a plurality of the memory cells in accordance with the first and/or second aspect of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Martin Patrick O'Boyle, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
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Publication number: 20030127106Abstract: A method of cleaning using an insonified, pressurized liquid to cleanse and then wash off particulates. The liquid is used to focus and direct the acoustical energy while enabling the trapping of the partials being cleaned and then used to wash off the partials. The acoustical frequency and power is described as optimized to be below the energy level to cause cavitation at the surface of the part being cleaned. The manufacturing process of loading, cleaning and unloading is also described. In another embodiment, a small amount of cavitation is acceptable if the cavitation is below a threshold in which shock waves occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael T. Prikas, Theodore G. van Kessel, Robert J. von Gutfeld, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe