Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Buric

Michael Paul Buric 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).

  • OPTICAL SENSOR EMPLOYING A REFRACTIVE INDEX ENGINEERED METAL OXIDE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20210171393
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes a multilayer hollow waveguide device having a hollow waveguide tube layer, an intermediate layer provided inside the hollow waveguide tube layer, and a metal oxide coating layer inside the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, DEPT. OF ENERGY
    Inventors: PENG CHEN, JACOB LORENZI POOLE, PAUL R. OHODNICKI, MICHAEL PAUL BURIC
  • Optical sensor employing a refractive index engineered metal oxide material
    Patent number: 10954159
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes an optical waveguide portion having a core, the core having a first refractive index, and a functional material layer coupled to the optical fiber portion, the functional material layer being made of a metal oxide material, the functional material layer being structured to have a second refractive index, the second refractive index being less than the first refractive index. The functional material layer may be a nanostructure material comprising the metal oxide material with a plurality of holes or voids formed therein such that the functional material layer is caused to have the second refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Michael Paul Buric
  • OPTICAL SENSOR EMPLOYING A REFRACTIVE INDEX ENGINEERED METAL OXIDE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200017409
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes an optical waveguide portion having a core, the core having a first refractive index, and a functional material layer coupled to the optical fiber portion, the functional material layer being made of a metal oxide material, the functional material layer being structured to have a second refractive index, the second refractive index being less than the first refractive index. The functional material layer may be a nanostructure material comprising the metal oxide material with a plurality of holes or voids formed therein such that the functional material layer is caused to have the second refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    Inventors: PENG CHEN, JACOB LORENZI POOLE, PAUL R. OHODNICKI, MICHAEL PAUL BURIC
  • Optical sensor employing a refractive index engineered metal oxide material
    Patent number: 10457596
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes an optical waveguide portion having a core, the core having a first refractive index, and a functional material layer coupled to the optical fiber portion, the functional material layer being made of a metal oxide material, the functional material layer being structured to have a second refractive index, the second refractive index being less than the first refractive index. The functional material layer may be a nanostructure material comprising the metal oxide material with a plurality of holes or voids formed therein such that the functional material layer is caused to have the second refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Michael Paul Buric
  • OPTICAL SENSOR EMPLOYING A REFRACTIVE INDEX ENGINEERED METAL OXIDE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180141859
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes an optical waveguide portion having a core, the core having a first refractive index, and a functional material layer coupled to the optical fiber portion, the functional material layer being made of a metal oxide material, the functional material layer being structured to have a second refractive index, the second refractive index being less than the first refractive index. The functional material layer may be a nanostructure material comprising the metal oxide material with a plurality of holes or voids formed therein such that the functional material layer is caused to have the second refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Michael Paul Buric
  • OPTICAL SENSOR EMPLOYING A REFRACTIVE INDEX ENGINEERED METAL OXIDE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20140321798
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes an optical waveguide portion having a core, the core having a first refractive index, and a functional material layer coupled to the optical fiber portion, the functional material layer being made of a metal oxide material, the functional material layer being structured to have a second refractive index, the second refractive index being less than the first refractive index. The functional material layer may be a nanostructure material comprising the metal oxide material with a plurality of holes or voids formed therein such that the functional material layer is caused to have the second refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
    Inventors: PENG CHEN, ZSOLT LEVENTE POOLE, PAUL R. OHODNICKI, JR., MICHAEL PAUL BURIC
  • Gas sensing system employing raman scattering
    Patent number: 8674306
    Abstract: A gas detection system includes a light detector, a pump laser with spectral emission between UV and IR wavelengths and structured to generate a laser beam, a hollow waveguide structured to receive a sample gas, the hollow waveguide having a bandwidth sufficient to transmit the laser beam and Stokes Raman photons scattered by the sample gas, and an optical system. The optical system is structured to: (i) direct the laser beam into the hollow waveguide such that it propagates in the hollow waveguide in one or more low-order low-loss waveguide modes, and (ii) direct Raman signals generated within the hollow waveguide in response to the laser beam interacting with the sample gas toward the light detector, the Raman signal including the Stokes Raman photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Joel Falk, Peng Kevin Chen, Michael Paul Buric, Steven D. Woodruff
  • Gas Sensing System Employing Raman Scattering
    Publication number: 20120176600
    Abstract: A gas detection system includes a light detector, a pump laser with spectral emission between UV and IR wavelengths and structured to generate a laser beam, a hollow waveguide structured to receive a sample gas, the hollow waveguide having a bandwidth sufficient to transmit the laser beam and Stokes Raman photons scattered by the sample gas, and an optical system. The optical system is structured to: (i) direct the laser beam into the hollow waveguide such that it propagates in the hollow waveguide in one or more low-order low-loss waveguide modes, and (ii) direct Raman signals generated within the hollow waveguide in response to the laser beam interacting with the sample gas toward the light detector, the Raman signal including the Stokes Raman photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Joel Falk, Peng Kevin Chen, Michael Paul Buric, Steven D. Woodruff