Patents by Inventor Jayc Johnson

Jayc Johnson 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).

  • Detecting compounds in airborne particles using ion exchange
    Patent number: 12631586
    Abstract: A sensor to detect solid particles of a target salt can include a support substrate, an adsorption layer, a sensing layer oriented between the support substrate and the adsorption layer, and an electrode pair in contact with the sensing layer and separated by the sensing layer. The adsorption layer can include an ion exchange medium formed of a first porous structured material functionalized with basic or acidic functional groups. The basic or acidic functional groups can remove an acid or base component from the target salt to form a free base or free acid, respectively, of the target salt. The sensing layer can include a second porous structured material functionalized to detect the free base or acid of the target salt by a change in conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION, GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ling Zang, Jayc Johnson, Paul Slattum, Benjamin Ross Bunes, Douglas Wayne Later
  • Detecting Compounds in Airborne Particles Using Ion Exchange
    Publication number: 20210341373
    Abstract: A sensor to detect solid particles of a target salt can include a support substrate, an adsorption layer, a sensing layer oriented between the support substrate and the adsorption layer, and an electrode pair in contact with the sensing layer and separated by the sensing layer. The adsorption layer can include an ion exchange medium formed of a first porous structured material functionalized with basic or acidic functional groups. The basic or acidic functional groups can remove an acid or base component from the target salt to form a free base or free acid, respectively, of the target salt. The sensing layer can include a second porous structured material functionalized to detect the free base or acid of the target salt by a change in conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ling Zang, Jayc Johnson, Paul Slattum, Benjamin Ross Bunes, Douglas Wayne Later