Patents by Inventor Michael Garcia-Webb

Michael Garcia-Webb 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).

  • Microscopic dynamic mechanical analyzer
    Patent number: 7485100
    Abstract: An electromagnetic apparatus, comprises a conductive loop comprising two parallel conductive legs joined at a free end by a sample contacting member and a magnetic circuit that imposes a magnetic field in opposite directions across the respective legs. A method of mechanically characterizing a sample, comprises imposing a magnetic field in opposite directions in each of two parallel conductive legs of a conductive loop, the legs joined at a free end by a sample contacting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Garcia-Webb, Ian W. Hunter, Andrew J. Taberner
  • Microscopic dynamic mechanical analyzer
    Publication number: 20060058607
    Abstract: An electromagnetic apparatus, comprises a conductive loop comprising two parallel conductive legs joined at a free end by a sample contacting member and a magnetic circuit that imposes a magnetic field in opposite directions across the respective legs. A method of mechanically characterizing a sample, comprises imposing a magnetic field in opposite directions in each of two parallel conductive legs of a conductive loop, the legs joined at a free end by a sample contacting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Garcia-Webb, Ian Hunter, Andrew Taberner