Patents by Inventor Liming Yuan

Liming Yuan 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).

  • Synthesis of multi-wall carbon nanotubes using unseeded hydrocarbon diffusion flames
    Patent number: 6979433
    Abstract: A method is provided for synthesizing carbon nanotubes from unseeded methane-air diffusion flames. A novel stainless steel and Ni—Cr wire probe is also provided for collecting carbon nanotubes from those diffusion flames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kozo Saito, Forman A. Williams, Alvin S. Gordon, Liming Yuan