Patents by Inventor Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng

Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng 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: 20200012008
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensor that includes a RLC tank having a first input impedance. The RLC tank includes a first coupling inductor. The sensor system also includes a reader that includes a -RLC tank having a second input impedance. Characteristically, the -RLC tank includes a second coupling inductor inductively coupled to the first coupling inductor wherein the first input impedance multiplied by i is approximately equal to the complex conjugate of the second input impedance multiplied by i at one or more predetermined frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: PAI-YEN CHEN, MARYAM SAKHDARI, MEHDI HAJIZADEGAN, MARK MING-CHENG CHENG
  • Patent number: 9630183
    Abstract: An electrowetting device and a method of electrowetting may be provided. An electrode may be provided. The electrode has a graphene layer having a first side and a second side that opposes the first side. The electrode also has a dielectric layer disposed on the first side of the graphene layer. A liquid droplet is disposed on the dielectric layer. A voltage is applied through the droplet and the electrode. A contact angle between the dielectric layer and an edge of the liquid droplet contacting the dielectric layer changes in response to the applied voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Xuebin Tan, Zhixian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150038378
    Abstract: A graphene biosensor is formed on an electrically insulating substrate with a single-layer graphene sheet arranged between two metallic electrodes. The graphene sheet is in electrical contact with the metallic electrodes. The graphene sheet has perforations creating edges in the graphene sheet. The perforations may be holes on a micrometer scale or in a nanometer scale. The biosensor can be configured as an ISFET. The graphene sheet may comprise affinity probes immobilized on the edges for attaching specific molecules to the graphene sheet. Several graphene sheets may be arranged in a microarray with different affinity probes on different graphene sheets. The sensor may also be arranged on the distal end of a catheter for in situ measurements in a body vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Zhixian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150008123
    Abstract: An electrowetting device and a method of electrowetting may be provided. An electrode may be provided. The electrode has a graphene layer having a first side and a second side that opposes the first side. The electrode also has a dielectric layer disposed on the first side of the graphene layer. A liquid droplet is disposed on the dielectric layer. A voltage is applied through the droplet and the electrode. A contact angle between the dielectric layer and an edge of the liquid droplet contacting the dielectric layer changes in response to the applied voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Xuebin Tan, Zhixian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140342466
    Abstract: Nanoporous materials can be used to enrich samples for subsequent analysis of substances contained in the sample. The method is shown to enrich the yield of species in the low molecular weight proteome, allowing detection of small peptides in the low nanomolar range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicants: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Mauro FERRARI, Mark Ming-Cheng CHENG
  • Patent number: 8753897
    Abstract: Nanoporous materials can be used to enrich samples for subsequent analysis of substances contained in the sample. The method is shown to enrich the yield of species in the low molecular weight proteome, allowing detection of small peptides in the low nanomolar range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, The Ohio State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mauro Ferrari, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Giovanni Cuda, Marco Gaspari, David Geho, Lance Liotta, Emmanuel Petricoin, Fredika Robertson, Rosa Terracciano
  • Publication number: 20080277578
    Abstract: Nanoporous materials can be used to enrich samples for subsequent analysis of substances contained in the sample. The method is shown to enrich the yield of species in the low molecular weight proteome, allowing detection of small peptides in the low nanomolar range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Mauro Ferrari, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Giovanni Cuda, Marco Gaspari, David Geho, Lance Liotta, Emmanuel Petricoin, Fredika Robertson, Rosa Terracciano