Patents by Inventor Jeffrey RAWSON

Jeffrey RAWSON 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).

  • Photo-oxidants for energy conversion and catalysts and systems and methods of using same
    Patent number: 11117911
    Abstract: High-potential photo-oxidants are provided with a supermolecule structure at least including a conjugated macrocycle linked to a metal complex. The conjugated macrocycle is electron-accepting relative to hydrogen or bears electron withdrawing substituents such as fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, fluoro, halo, cyano, or nitro. The metal complex is also electron-accepting relative to hydrogen or bears electron withdrawing substituents such as fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, fluoro, halo, cyano, or nitro. The linker can be thynyl, vinyl, thiophenyl, diethynylaryl, divinylaryl, diethynyl(unsaturated heterocycloalkenyl), divinyl(unsaturated heterocycloalkenyl), diethynyl(unsaturated heterocycloalkynyl), or divynyl(unsaturated heterocycloalkynyl). A specific implementation is an ethyne-bridged eDef-Rutpy-(porphinato)Zn(II) (eDef-RuPZn) supermolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael Therien, Ting Jiang, Nicholas Polizzi, Jeffrey Rawson
  • PHOTO-OXIDANTS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND CATALYSTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190135842
    Abstract: High-potential photo-oxidants are provided with a supermolecule structure at least including a conjugated macrocycle linked to a metal complex. The conjugated macrocycle is electron-accepting relative to hydrogen or bears electron withdrawing substituents such as fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, fluoro, halo, cyano, or nitro. The metal complex is also electron-accepting relative to hydrogen or bears electron withdrawing substituents such as fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, fluoro, halo, cyano, or nitro. The linker can be thynyl, vinyl, thiophenyl, diethynylaryl, divinylaryl, diethynyl (unsaturated heterocycloalkenyl), divinyl (unsaturated heterocycloalkenyl), diethynyl (unsaturated heterocycloalkynyl), or divynyl (unsaturated heterocycloalkynyl). A specific implementation is an ethyne-bridged eDef-Rutpy-(porphinato)Zn(II) (eDef-RuPZn) supermolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Michael THERIEN, Ting JIANG, Nicholas POLIZZI, Jeffrey RAWSON