Patents by Inventor Ian Kinstlinger

Ian Kinstlinger 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: 11970399
    Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) printing of graphene materials and methods and apparatuses for making same. In some embodiments, combined metal powder and carbon growth sources (such as powder Ni and sucrose) are utilized in the 3D printing process. In other embodiments, metal powders with binders (such as powder Ni and a polymer bases binder) are utilized in the 3D printing process. The metal in the resulting 3D printed composite material can then be etched or otherwise removed yielding the 3D printed graphene materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Junwei Sha, Yilun Li, Jordan Miller, Ian Kinstlinger, Savannah Cofer, Yieu Chyan
  • Publication number: 20220333050
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure disclose a process for adhering cells, beads or particles to a surface of a material. The surface may be flat or curved and can be employed in the context of patterned or 3D printed hollow channels, facilitating the recapitulation of certain aspects of physiological systems. In various embodiments, interfacial cell seeding is accomplished by locally polymerizing a carrier containing a suspension of cells along the surface with a crosslinking molecule incorporated into the target material in advance of the interfacial polymerization. Polymerization of the carrier entraps the cells into controlled configuration along the surface. The techniques disclosed herein can be utilized for tissue engineering to build engineered organs/devices suitable for implanting into living organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Jordan MILLER, Ian KINSTLINGER, Bagrat GRIGORYAN, Samantha PAULSEN
  • Publication number: 20220267153
    Abstract: Methods that expand the properties of laser-induced graphene (LIG) and the resulting LIG having the expanded properties. Methods of fabricating laser-induced graphene from materials, which range from natural, renewable precursors (such as cloth or paper) to high performance polymers (like Kevlar). With multiple lasing, however, highly conductive PEI-based LIG could be obtained using both multiple pass and defocus methods. The resulting laser-induced graphene can be used, inter alia, in electronic devices, as antifouling surfaces, in water treatment technology, in membranes, and in electronics on paper and food Such methods include fabrication of LIG in controlled atmospheres, such that, for example, superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic LIG surfaces can be obtained. Such methods further include fabricating laser-induced graphene by multiple lasing of carbon precursors. Such methods further include direct 3D printing of graphene materials from carbon precurors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD. AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Yieu Chyan, Christopher John Arnusch, Swatantra Pratap Singh, Yilun Li, Duy X. Luong, Carter Kittrell, Ruquan Ye, Jordan Miller, Ian Kinstlinger, Savannah Cofer
  • Patent number: 11161744
    Abstract: Methods that expand the properties of laser-induced graphene (LIG) and the resulting LIG having the expanded properties. Methods of fabricating laser-induced graphene from materials, which range from natural, renewable precursors (such as cloth or paper) to high performance polymers (like Kevlar). With multiple lasing, however, highly conductive PEI-based LIG could be obtained using both multiple pass and defocus methods. The resulting laser-induced graphene can be used, inter alia, in electronic devices, as antifouling surfaces, in water treatment technology, in membranes, and in electronics on paper and food Such methods include fabrication of LIG in controlled atmospheres, such that, for example, superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic LIG surfaces can be obtained. Such methods further include fabricating laser-induced graphene by multiple lasing of carbon precursors. Such methods further include direct 3D printing of graphene materials from carbon precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, B.G. Negev Technologies and Applications, Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Yieu Chyan, Christopher John Arnusch, Swatantra Pratap Singh, Yilun Li, Duy X. Luong, Carter Kittrell, Ruquan Ye, Jordan Miller, Ian Kinstlinger, Savannah Cofer
  • Publication number: 20190330064
    Abstract: Methods that expand the properties of laser-induced graphene (LIG) and the resulting LIG having the expanded properties. Methods of fabricating laser-induced graphene from materials, which range from natural, renewable precursors (such as cloth or paper) to high performance polymers (like Kevlar). With multiple lasing, however, highly conductive PEI-based LIG could be obtained using both multiple pass and defocus methods. The resulting laser-induced graphene can be used, inter alia, in electronic devices, as antifouling surfaces, in water treatment technology, in membranes, and in electronics on paper and food Such methods include fabrication of LIG in controlled atmospheres, such that, for example, superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic LIG surfaces can be obtained. Such methods further include fabricating laser-induced graphene by multiple lasing of carbon precursors. Such methods further include direct 3D printing of graphene materials from carbon precurors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicants: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. TOUR, Yieu CHYAN, Christopher John ARNUSCH, Swatantra Pratap SINGH, Yilun LI, Duy X. LUONG, Carter KITTRELL, Ruquan YE, Jordan MILLER, Ian KINSTLINGER, Savannah COFER
  • Publication number: 20190308880
    Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) printing of graphene materials and methods and apparatuses for making same. In some embodiments, combined metal powder and carbon growth sources (such as powder Ni and sucrose) are utilized in the 3D printing process. In other embodiments, metal powders with binders (such as powder Ni and a polymer bases binder) are utilized in the 3D printing process. The metal in the resulting 3D printed composite material can then be etched or otherwise removed yielding the 3D printed graphene materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Junwei Sha, Yilun Li, Jordan Miller, Ian Kinstlinger, Savannah Cofer, Yieu Chyan