Patents by Inventor John A. Rogers

John A. Rogers 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: 20170161631
    Abstract: In certain implementations, a user request to add a new concept may be received. A set of media item recommendations may be caused to be loaded on a user interface for presentation to a user responsive to the user request to add the new concept. The media item recommendation set may include a set of recommendations loaded on an on-screen portion of the user interface and a set of recommendations loaded on an off-screen portion of the user interface. The on-screen user interface portion is visible to the user at a first time. The off-screen user interface portion is not being visible to the user at the first time. A user selection of one or more recommendations of the on-screen recommendation set is received. The off-screen recommendation set may be caused to be updated on the user interface during the presentation of the media item recommendation set based on the user recommendation selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: John Rogers, Keith Ito, Marshall Jones, Daniel Kantor, Matthew Zeiler
  • Patent number: 9659673
    Abstract: A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same. The fuel assembly comprises an enclosure adapted to enclose a porous nuclear fuel body having the volatile fission product therein. A fluid control subassembly is coupled to the enclosure and adapted to control removal of at least a portion of the volatile fission product from the porous nuclear fuel body. In addition, the fluid control subassembly is capable of circulating a heat removal fluid through the porous nuclear fuel body in order to remove heat generated by the nuclear fuel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Charles E. Ahlfeld, John Rogers Gilleland, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, David G. McAlees, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Thomas Allan Weaver, Charles Whitmer, Victoria Y. H. Wood, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., George B. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 9653187
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include nuclear fission reactor cores, nuclear fission reactors, methods of operating a nuclear fission reactor, and methods of managing excess reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Charles E. Ahlfeld, Thomas M. Burke, Tyler S. Ellis, John Rogers Gilleland, Jonatan Hejzlar, Pavel Hejzlar, Roderick A. Hyde, David G. McAlees, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Robert C. Petroski, Nicholas W. Touran, Joshua C. Walter, Kevan D. Weaver, Thomas Allan Weaver, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., George B. Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20170133248
    Abstract: In a method of printing a transferable component, a stamp including an elastomeric post having three-dimensional relief features protruding from a surface thereof is pressed against a component on a donor substrate with a first pressure that is sufficient to mechanically deform the relief features and a region of the post between the relief features to contact the component over a first contact area. The stamp is retracted from the donor substrate such that the component is adhered to the stamp. The stamp including the component adhered thereto is pressed against a receiving substrate with a second pressure that is less than the first pressure to contact the component over a second contact area that is smaller than the first contact area. The stamp is then retracted from the receiving substrate to delaminate the component from the stamp and print the component onto the receiving substrate. Related apparatus and stamps are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Etienne Menard, John A. Rogers, Seok Kim, Andrew Carlson
  • Publication number: 20170133250
    Abstract: In a method of printing a transferable component, a stamp including an elastomeric post having three-dimensional relief features protruding from a surface thereof is pressed against a component on a donor substrate with a first pressure that is sufficient to mechanically deform the relief features and a region of the post between the relief features to contact the component over a first contact area. The stamp is retracted from the donor substrate such that the component is adhered to the stamp. The stamp including the component adhered thereto is pressed against a receiving substrate with a second pressure that is less than the first pressure to contact the component over a second contact area that is smaller than the first contact area. The stamp is then retracted from the receiving substrate to delaminate the component from the stamp and print the component onto the receiving substrate. Related apparatus and stamps are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Etienne Menard, John A. Rogers, Seok Kim, Andrew Carlson
  • Publication number: 20170128015
    Abstract: Provided are implantable and bioresorbable medical devices comprising a bioresorbable substrate and an electronic circuit supported by the bioresorbable substrate. The electronic circuit comprises a membrane of silicon having a thickness less than or equal to 5 ?m and an array of dissolvable electrodes, wherein the dissolvable electrodes are formed from the membrane of silicon. The electronic circuit is configured to conformally contact a biological tissue and electrically interface with biological tissue during use. The silicon may be highly doped to provide the requisite characteristics for electrically interfacing with biological tissue, and may be further used to form other components of the electronic circuit, including back-plane transistors electrically connected to the electrode array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Ki Jun YU
  • Patent number: 9647171
    Abstract: Described herein are printable structures and methods for making, assembling and arranging electronic devices. A number of the methods described herein are useful for assembling electronic devices where one or more device components are embedded in a polymer which is patterned during the embedding process with trenches for electrical interconnects between device components. Some methods described herein are useful for assembling electronic devices by printing methods, such as by dry transfer contact printing methods. Also described herein are GaN light emitting diodes and methods for making and arranging GaN light emitting diodes, for example for display or lighting systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Ralph Nuzzo, Hoon-sik Kim, Eric Brueckner, Sang Il Park, Rak Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20170096275
    Abstract: A detergent product including a flexible box bag and soluble unit dose detergent pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Dominique Celine Ignace Marie GEERAERT, Mostafa ELMIHY, Neil John ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20170096250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent product including a flexible box bag, detergent powder and a scoop, wherein the flexible box bag includes six rectangular panels: top panel, bottom panel, front panel, back panel and two side panels, wherein the six rectangular panels are joined together so as to form an inner cuboidal volume inside the flexible box bag, wherein each of the top panel and bottom panel includes a front horizontal edge, a back edge and two side edges, wherein each of the front panel, back panel and two side panels include a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges, wherein the length of the two side edges of back panel are longer than the length of the two side edges of the front panel, wherein the front edge of the top panel joins the top edge of the front panel, wherein the back edge of the top panel joins the top edge of the back panel, wherein the front edge of the bottom panel joins the bottom edge of the front panel, wherein the back edge of the bottom panel joins the bottom
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Dominique Celine Ignace Marie GEERAERT, Mostafa ELMIHY, Neil John ROGERS
  • Patent number: 9613911
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Jonathan Fan, Woon-Hong Yeo, Yewang Su, Yonggang Huang, Yihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9601671
    Abstract: Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Semprius, Inc.
    Inventors: John Rogers, Ralph Nuzzo, Matthew Meitl, Etienne Menard, Alfred Baca, Michael Motala, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Sang-Il Park, Chang-Jae Yu, Heung Cho Ko, Mark Stoykovich, Jongseung Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170068564
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing resources associated with cluster-based resource pool(s). According to illustrative implementations, innovations herein may include or involve one or more of best fit algorithms, infrastructure based service provision, tolerance and/or ghost processing features, dynamic management service having monitoring and/or decision process features, as well as virtual machine and resource distribution features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent G. Lubsey, Kevin D. Reid, Karl J. Simpson, Rodney John Rogers
  • Publication number: 20170066782
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to (among other things) compounds that are derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine. The compounds provided possess unique effects and differences over other phenyltriazines known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Pankaj Sharma, Vijay Kumar Khatri, Xuyuan Gu, Yuan Song, Michael Lixin Shen, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Neel K. Anand, Antoni Kozlowski, Aleksandrs Odinecs, Timothy A. Riley, Zhongxu Ren, YongQi Mu, Xiaoming Shen, Xuejun Yuan, Natalia Aurrecoechea, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony
  • Patent number: 9555644
    Abstract: A transfer printing process that exploits the mismatch in mechanical or thermo-mechanical response at the interface of a printable micro- or nano-device and a transfer stamp to drive the release of the device from the stamp and its non-contact transfer to a receiving substrate are provided. The resulting facile, pick-and-place process is demonstrated with the assembling of 3-D microdevices and the printing of GAN light-emitting diodes onto silicon and glass substrates. High speed photography is used to provide experimental evidence of thermo-mechanically driven release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Placid M. Ferreira, Reza Saeidpourazar
  • Publication number: 20170020402
    Abstract: Provided herein are implantable and bioresorbable sensors that are specifically designed to be implanted, function for an operational lifetime, and at some point after the operational lifetime to be resorbed by the body in such a manner so as to avoid having to remove any part of the sensor. This avoids a second impact on the patient otherwise associated with sensor removal. The sensors have a substrate and an electronic device supported by the substrate. A barrier layer isolates the electronic device from surrounding environment, including a biofluid, during use. Each of the substrate, electronic device, and barrier layer have a bioresorption rate during use to provide controlled bioresorption such reliable measure of one or more parameters occur over and an operational lifetime, and after a bioresorption lifetime greater than the operational lifetime, no detectable portion of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor remains at an implantation site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Rory KJ MURPHY, Seung Kyun KANG, Seung Min LEE, Daniel Vincent HARBURG, Wilson Z. RAY
  • Patent number: 9554484
    Abstract: Disclosed are appendage mountable electronic systems and related methods for covering and conforming to an appendage surface. A flexible or stretchable substrate has an inner surface for receiving an appendage, including an appendage having a curved surface, and an opposed outer surface that is accessible to external surfaces. A stretchable or flexible electronic device is supported by the substrate inner and/or outer surface, depending on the application of interest. The electronic device in combination with the substrate provides a net bending stiffness to facilitate conformal contact between the inner surface and a surface of the appendage provided within the enclosure. In an aspect, the system is capable of surface flipping without adversely impacting electronic device functionality, such as electronic devices comprising arrays of sensors, actuators, or both sensors and actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: John A Rogers, Ming Ying, Andrew Bonifas, Nanshu Lu
  • Patent number: 9535752
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing resources associated with cluster-based resource pool(s). According to illustrative implementations, innovations herein may include or involve one or more of best fit algorithms, infrastructure based service provision, tolerance and/or ghost processing features, dynamic management service having monitoring and/or decision process features, as well as virtual machine and resource distribution features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Virtustream IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Vincent G. Lubsey, Kevin D. Reid, Karl J. Simpson, Rodney John Rogers
  • Publication number: 20160381789
    Abstract: In an aspect, the present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, components such as semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed, and related methods of making or tuning such stretchable components. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention are adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Matthew MEITL, Yugang SUN, Heung Cho KO, Andrew CARLSON, Won Mook CHOI, Mark STOYKOVICH, Hanqing JIANG, Yonggang HUANG, Ralph G. NUZZO, Zhengtao ZHU, Etienne MENARD, Dahl-Young KHANG
  • Publication number: 20160365478
    Abstract: In one aspect, methods are provided for fabrication of multiple layers of a nanostructure material composite, and devices produced by such methods. In another aspect, methods are provided that include use of an overcoating fluoro-containing layer that can facilitate transfer of a nanostructure material layer, and devices produced by such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Moonsub Shim, Nuri Oh, You Zhai, Sooji Nam, John A. Rogers, Bong Hoon Kim, Sang Y. Yang, Peter Trefonas, III, Kishori Deshpande, Jaebum Joo, Jieqian J. Zhang, Jong Keun Park
  • Patent number: RE46241
    Abstract: A wellhead completion assembly has a head connected to surface casing. A rotatable flange or the like can be used to connect various components to a threaded end of the head. A casing hanger installs in the head, and the hanger's upper end extends beyond the head's top edge. This exposed end has an external threaded connection to connect to various wellhead components using a rotatable flange or the like. For example, a locking ring can threadably connect to the head's threaded end to support the hanger in the head. Then, a rotatable flange can threadably connect to the hanger's exposed end so that another component, such as a completion spool or gate valve, can nippled up directly to the hanger. When the hanger is fluted, a pack-off assembly can allow testing off inner and outer sealing integrity via a test port accessible through an opening in the locking ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Matthew Cain, Todd Travis, Michael L. Bilyeu, Gordon Ronnie Altman, Steve Willard, Carl Edwin Davidson, John Rogers, Robert Scott Menard