Patents by Inventor John Miles FAABORG

John Miles FAABORG 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: 20220298685
    Abstract: In some aspects, a device comprises a plurality of walls defining a slot and one or more channels wherein the one or more channels are intersected by the slot; wherein the one or more channels have a cross-section in a plane perpendicular to a vertical axis of the device that changes along the vertical axis; and one or more floats sized to allow movement of the one or more floats within said one or more channels, wherein the one or more floats have a surface characteristic that is different from the surface characteristic of the walls such that, upon contact with a fluid, said walls and said floats form different contact angles and induce a repulsive capillary force between the walls and the one or more floats at a surface of the fluid; and wherein the slot has a width that is smaller than the width of the one or more channels such that the one or more floats are prevented from moving between the one or more channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: John Miles FAABORG, Cheng ZENG, Michael P. BRENNER, Yohai BAR-SINAI, Ahmed SHERIF, Vinothan N. MANOHARAN