Patents by Inventor Ian McNulty

Ian McNulty 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).

  • Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol or carbon monoxide using cuprous oxide
    Patent number: 10696614
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of CO2 reduction to methanol or CO using a Cu2O catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Yimin Wu, Tijana Rajh, Ian McNulty, Yuzi Liu
  • PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO METHANOL OR CARBON MONOXIDE USING CUPROUS OXIDE
    Publication number: 20190202762
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of CO2 reduction to methanol or CO using a Cu2O catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yimin Wu, Tijana Rajh, Ian McNulty, Yuzi Liu
  • Use of a focusing vortex lens as the objective in spiral phase contrast microscopy
    Patent number: 7864415
    Abstract: A method and objective apparatus are provided for implementing an enhanced phase contrast microscope. A focusing vortex lens, defined by a diffractive spiral zone plate (SZP) lens, is used for the objective for the phase contrast microscope. The SZP lens focuses and imparts a helical phase to incident illumination to image the specimen with spiral phase contrast. The spiral phase contrast microscope is sensitive to phase gradients in all sample axes. Replacing the objective of a microscope with the diffractive SZP lens of the invention immediately provides existing instruments with spiral phase contrast capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: U Chicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventor: Ian McNulty
  • USE OF A FOCUSING VORTEX LENS AS THE OBJECTIVE IN SPIRAL PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY
    Publication number: 20090135486
    Abstract: A method and objective apparatus are provided for implementing an enhanced phase contrast microscope. A focusing vortex lens, defined by a diffractive spiral zone plate (SZP) lens, is used for the objective for the phase contrast microscope. The SZP lens focuses and imparts a helical phase to incident illumination to image the specimen with spiral phase contrast. The spiral phase contrast microscope is sensitive to phase gradients in all sample axes. Replacing the objective of a microscope with the diffractive SZP lens of the invention immediately provides existing instruments with spiral phase contrast capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Ian McNulty
  • Magnetic determination of position and orientation
    Patent number: 5558091
    Abstract: A magnetic position and orientation determining system uses magnetic fields, desirably including uniform fields from Helmholtz coils positioned on opposite sides of a sensing volume and gradient fields generated by the same coils. By monitoring field components detected at the probes during application of these fields, the position and orientation of the probe in the field can be deduced. A representation of the probe can be superposed on a separately acquired image of the subject to show the position and orientation of the probe with respect to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Biosense, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Acker, Ian McNulty, Robert C. Pacheco, Wayne Grandner