Patents by Inventor Joseph H. Satcher

Joseph H. Satcher 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).

  • Catalyst for microelectromechanical systems microreactors
    Patent number: 8057988
    Abstract: A microreactor comprising a silicon wafer, a multiplicity of microchannels in the silicon wafer, and a catalyst coating the microchannels. In one embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises a nanostructured material. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises an aerogel. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises a solgel. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Morse, David A. Sopchak, Ravindra S. Upadhye, John G. Reynolds, Joseph H. Satcher, Alex E. Gash
  • Catalyst For Microelectromechanical Systems Microreactors
    Publication number: 20100221667
    Abstract: A microreactor comprising a silicon wafer, a multiplicity of microchannels in the silicon wafer, and a catalyst coating the microchannels. In one embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises a nanostructured material. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises an aerogel. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises a solgel. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Morse, David A. Sopchak, Ravindra S. Upadhye, John G. Reynolds, Joseph H. Satcher, Alex E. Gash
  • Catalyst for microelectromechanical systems microreactors
    Patent number: 7744830
    Abstract: A microreactor comprising a silicon wafer, a multiplicity of microchannels in the silicon wafer, and a catalyst coating the microchannels. In one embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises a nanostructured material. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises an aerogel. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises a solgel. In another embodiment the catalyst coating the microchannels comprises carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Morse, David A. Sopchak, Ravindra S. Upadhye, John G. Reynolds, Joseph H. Satcher, Alex E. Gash