Patents by Inventor Michael B. Frank

Michael B. Frank 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: 20160071655
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing and fabricating electrochemical solar cells including dye-sensitized and perovskite-sensitized solar cells. In one aspect, a dye-sensitized solar cell device includes a cathode including a metal mesh structure that is optically transmissive and electrically conductive, an anode including a metal base layer that is optically opaque and electrically conductive, one or more layers of a semiconductive oxide coupled to the anode, the one or more layers of the semiconductive oxide including nanostructures having a photosensitive dye material coating, in which the anode generates photoelectric energy based on absorption of light by the photosensitive dye material, and an electrolyte of a substantially transparent substance and formed between the cathode and the one or more layers of a semiconductive oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yuelong Li, Michael B. Frank, Michael J. Tauber, Sungho Jin, Jung Keun Ryoo, Hyuck Jung
  • Patent number: 4125902
    Abstract: A wrap-around jumper dress capable of neatly fitting a variety of shapes and sizes of female figures. The garment is formed of a separate bib and a separate wrap-around skirt. The lower edge of the bib is concave and joined to the concave edge of the front central portion of the skirt. A sash is attached to the opposite upper corners of the skirt and a sash-receiving opening is formed in one of the upper corners of the front central portion of the skirt. Preferably, the skirt is formed in three sections, a front central section and right and left hand sections. The invention is deemed an improvement over the garments shown in patents Nos. 1,209,018; 1,497,232; 2,136,983 and 2,507,602.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Assignee: Uniforms To You & Co.
    Inventor: Michael B. Frank
  • Patent number: D253016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Assignee: Uniforms to You & Co.
    Inventor: Michael B. Frank