Patents by Inventor Jason Forster

Jason Forster 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).

  • Nanostructured layers of thermoelectric materials
    Patent number: 9882108
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures comprise a thermoelectric material, with each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having first ligands disposed on a surface of the nanostructure. The plurality of nanostructures is mixed with a solution containing second ligands and a ligand exchange process occurs in which the first ligands disposed on the plurality of nanostructures are replaced with the second ligands. The plurality of nanostructures is deposited on a substrate to form a layer. The layer is thermally annealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Urban, Jared Lynch, Nelson Coates, Jason Forster, Ayaskanta Sahu, Michael Chabinyc, Boris Russ
  • NANOSTRUCTURED LAYERS OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170069813
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures comprise a thermoelectric material, with each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having first ligands disposed on a surface of the nanostructure. The plurality of nanostructures is mixed with a solution containing second ligands and a ligand exchange process occurs in which the first ligands disposed on the plurality of nanostructures are replaced with the second ligands. The plurality of nanostructures is deposited on a substrate to form a layer. The layer is thermally annealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Urban, Jared Lynch, Nelson Coates, Jason Forster, Ayaskanta Sahu, Michael Chabinyc, Boris Russ