Patents by Inventor Kwanoh Kim

Kwanoh Kim 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: 20230065652
    Abstract: The microfluidic device capable of initiating sequential flow according to the present invention includes: a main flow path in which a suction port for sucking the fluid with a negative pressure is formed at one end; a plurality of reservoirs that supply a fluid stored therein to the main flow path through an outlet by the negative pressure applied to the suction port, and are connected to a plurality of different points of the main flow path; and a blocking element that blocks the inflow of external air to the main flow path through the outlet when all the fluid in the reservoir flows out, wherein the fluid stored in a plurality of the reservoirs may flow sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yeong-Eun YOO, Kwanoh KIM, Do Hyun KANG, Jaesung YOON
  • Patent number: 10944339
    Abstract: The invention includes miniature dots, miniature disks or miniature cylinders and methods of making the same by dispersing a particle in or on a dissolvable, meltable or etchable layer on a substrate, a portion of the particle exposed above a surface of the dissolvable, meltable or etchable layer; depositing a mask on the particles and the dissolvable substrate; removing the particles from the layer; etching an array of nanoholes in the substrate; depositing one or more metallic layers into the nanoholes to form an array of dots, disks or cylinders; and dissolving the dissolvable layer with a solvent to expose the dots, disks or cylinders. The dots, disks or cylinders can be included with two sets of microelectrodes for ultrahigh speed rotation of miniature motors, and/or can be designed with a magnetic configuration into miniature motors for uniform rotation speeds and prescribed angular displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Donglei Fan, Kwanoh Kim, Jianhe Guo
  • Publication number: 20170250625
    Abstract: The invention includes miniature dots, miniature disks or miniature cylinders and methods of making the same by dispersing a particle in or on a dissolvable, meltable or etchable layer on a substrate, a portion of the particle exposed above a surface of the dissolvable, meltable or etchable layer; depositing a mask on the particles and the dissolvable substrate; removing the particles from the layer; etching an array of nanoholes in the substrate; depositing one or more metallic layers into the nanoholes to form an array of dots, disks or cylinders; and dissolving the dissolvable layer with a solvent to expose the dots, disks or cylinders. The dots, disks or cylinders can be included with two sets of microelectrodes for ultrahigh speed rotation of miniature motors, and/or can be designed with a magnetic configuration into miniature motors for uniform rotation speeds and prescribed angular displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Donglei Fan, Kwanoh Kim, Jianhe Guo