Patents by Inventor Hyun C. YOON

Hyun C. YOON 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).

  • Patent number: 12007327
    Abstract: An optical bio-sensing device includes a transparent substrate covering a top of a space accommodating therein a sample containing a target bio-material; a signal converter fixed to the transparent substrate, and including the upconversion nanoparticles for receiving incident light and emitting converted light of a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of the incident light; a signal reflector including retroreflection particles bindable to the signal converter via the target bio-material, wherein the retroreflection particles retroreflect the converted light; a light source for irradiating the incident light to the signal converter; and a light receiver for receiving light retroreflected from the signal reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyun C Yoon, Ka Ram Kim, Hyeong Jin Chun
  • Publication number: 20210262935
    Abstract: An optical bio-sensing device includes a transparent substrate covering a top of a space accommodating therein a sample containing a target bio-material; a signal converter fixed to the transparent substrate, and including the upconversion nanoparticles for receiving incident light and emitting converted light of a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of the incident light; a signal reflector including retroreflection particles bindable to the signal converter via the target bio-material, wherein the retroreflection particles retroreflect the converted light; a light source for irradiating the incident light to the signal converter; and a light receiver for receiving light retroreflected from the signal reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyun C YOON, Ka Ram KIM, Hyeong Jin CHUN
  • Publication number: 20210002546
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing lanthanide fluorescent silica nanoparticles, including a complex synthesis step of synthesizing a silane-lanthanide chelate complex, an emulsion formation step of forming a water-in-oil microemulsion by dispersing micelles, the water-phase core of which is introduced with the silane-lanthanide chelate complex, in an oil-phase solvent, a silica introduction step of introducing a silica precursor into the microemulsion, and a nanoparticle synthesis step of synthesizing fluorescent silica nanoparticles by crosslinking the silica precursor and the silane-lanthanide chelate complex in the micelles. The lanthanide fluorescent silica nanoparticles thus manufactured can be utilized in fluorescence analysis of inorganic materials or bio-derived materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyun C. YOON, Ka Ram KIM, Yong Duk HAN, Yoo Min PARK, Hyeong Jin CHUN