Patents by Inventor Ian R. Wheeldon

Ian R. Wheeldon 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).

  • Publication number: 20140123578
    Abstract: A bio-inspired window can be created by applying one or more heat exchange layers to one or more surfaces of a window of a building, boat, vehicle or any other structure. The heat exchange layer can include an interconnected network or array of channels or microchannels that can be used to flow a fluid over the surface of the window. The fluid can be used to heat or cool the surface of the window panel to control the flow of heat across the window and reduce the heating or cooling energy load of building. The fluid can be heated or cooled using the ambient air in the building. The refractive index of the fluid can be adjusted to change of optical transparency properties of the window. In some embodiments, the window can appear nearly as clear as an ordinary panel of glass. In other embodiments, the window can color, block or scatter the incoming light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Donald E. Ingber, Benjamin D. Hatton, Ian R. Wheeldon, Joanna Aizenberg
  • Patent number: 8415290
    Abstract: Protein hydrogel monomers incorporating bio-active proteins and methods for producing the same are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter includes a protein hydrogel monomer including a bio-active protein and two alpha helices that are adapted to interact with alpha helices on other monomers to form coiled-coil junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Scott Banta, Scott Andrew Calabrese Barton, Ian R. Wheeldon
  • Publication number: 20090075335
    Abstract: Protein hydrogel monomers incorporating bio-active proteins and methods for producing the same are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter includes a protein hydrogel monomer including a bio-active protein and two alpha helices that are adapted to interact with alpha helices on other monomers to form coiled-coil junctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York
    Inventors: Scott Banta, Scott Andrew Calabrese Barton, Ian R. Wheeldon
  • Patent number: 7115148
    Abstract: Hydrogen is produced in a compact methanol-steam reformer, which integrates an inner cylindrical heating chamber; and a reactant vaporizer and heating zone, and an outer Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst bed in concentric annuli around the heating chamber. Tubular, palladium-silver alloy membranes in the catalyst bed separate hydrogen from retentate gas, which is separately discharged from the apparatus through a manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as respresented by the Minister of Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government
    Inventors: Ian R. Wheeldon, Brant A. Peppley, Helmut Wieland
  • Publication number: 20030215374
    Abstract: Hydrogen is produced in a compact methanol-steam reformer, which integrates an inner cylindrical heating chamber; and a reactant vaporizer and heating zone, and an outer Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst bed in concentric annuli around the heating chamber. Tubular, palladium-silver alloy membranes in the catalyst bed separate hydrogen from retentate gas, which is separately discharged from the apparatus through a manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Ian R. Wheeldon, Brant A. Peppley, Helmut Wieland