Patents by Inventor Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson 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).

  • Hand-held bio-agent collector
    Publication number: 20060027034
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact, non-contacting device for collecting samples, and particularly minute quantities of bio-agents or particulates, from a surface. The device vibrates a region of a target surface containing the sample and collects the sample on an electrically charged pin array. The sample can be later released to a detector or other instrumentation for subsequent analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Meng Lean, Huangpin Hsieh, Armin Volkel, Peter Kiesel, Noble Johnson
  • Grating-outcoupled cavity resonator having uni-directional emission
    Publication number: 20050135453
    Abstract: A grating-outcoupled microcavity disk resonator has whispering gallery modes existing in a nearly circular resonator. Light is outcoupled by providing a grating region in the plane of the grating-outcoupled microcavity disk resonator. The grating region provides an outcoupling or lass mechanism that symmetrically interacts with the clockwise and counterclockwise whispering gallery modes, thereby making the resonator capable of surface emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Kneissl, Noble Johnson, David Biegelsen