Patents by Inventor Haim Bau

Haim Bau 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).

  • Nanotube-based sensors and probes
    Publication number: 20070009379
    Abstract: Described herein are novel devices for the study of transport characteristics of complex or simple fluids, interactions among molecules in suspension, interactions between molecules in suspension and wall-bound molecules, and biochemical sensing devices made of reservoirs for fluid containment linked by a nanotubes. Also disclosed are methods of delivering medicaments and monitoring fluidic interactions of molecules or analytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Haim Bau, Byong Kim, Michael Riegelman, Yury Gogotsi
  • Nano- and micro-scale structures: methods, devices and applications thereof
    Publication number: 20060115971
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for fabricating integrated nano-scale and micro-scale structures. Also disclosed are carbon nanopipettes, shovels, and sheets made by these methods. Nano-scale and micro-scale structures fabricated by the disclosed methods are useful in a variety of application, for example, nanoelectrodes, functionalized probes for chemical and biological sensing, nanopipettes for fluid and macromolecule transfer, and devices for the dispensing and deposition of nanodrops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Haim Bau, Byong Kim