Patents by Inventor Manuel A. Torres, Jr.

Manuel A. Torres, Jr. 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: 20230061881
    Abstract: A measurement device characterizes an environment. The measurement device includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits a transmitted light. The transmitter includes an atomically two-dimensional material for emitting the transmitted light. The atomically two-dimensional material is tunable to select a predominate wavelength of the transmitted light within a tunable range of wavelengths. The receiver receives a received light, which is the transmitted light after encountering the environment. The receiver characterizes the environment from a measured change between the received light and the transmitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Barnwell, Carlos Manuel Torres, JR., Burton H. Neuner, III
  • Publication number: 20220190195
    Abstract: A method removes defects in a dielectric layer, such as during fabrication of a device that emits light from hot electrons injected into an atomically two-dimensional material. An atomically two-dimensional material and the dielectric layer are adjoined. The dielectric layer is adapted to convey a variable electric field for modulating a wavelength of photons electronically emitted across a band structure of the atomically two-dimensional material. Laser pulses are strobed into the dielectric layer with sufficient cumulative energy to remove a majority of the defects in the dielectric layer without altering the atomically two-dimensional material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos Manuel Torres, JR., Brad Chun-Ting Liu, Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin
  • Patent number: 5739449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible hand drum stand that is light weight and easily transportable. The collapsible drum stand is composed of at least four legs upon which the drum rests allowing a space between the bottom opening of the drum and the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Inventor: Manuel A. Torres, Jr.
  • Patent number: D541607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Inventor: Manuel A. Torres, Jr.