Patents by Inventor Perry M. Schein

Perry M. Schein 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).

  • Optofluidic photobioreactor apparatus, method, and applications
    Patent number: 11186812
    Abstract: An optofluidic photoreactor including an optical waveguide having an input, characterized by an evanescent optical field confined along an outer surface of the optical waveguide produced by radiation propagating in the optical waveguide, means for inputting light to the input of the optical waveguide, and a photoactive material disposed substantially only within the evanescent field. A method for optically activating a photoactive material in an optofluidic photoreactor to convert carbon dioxide and water into other molecules that may be useful as a fuel or a chemical feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Erickson, Perry M. Schein
  • OPTOFLUIDIC PHOTOBIOREACTOR APPARATUS, METHOD, and APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200291343
    Abstract: An optofluidic photoreactor including an optical waveguide having an input, characterized by an evanescent optical field confined along an outer surface of the optical waveguide produced by radiation propagating in the optical waveguide, means for inputting light to the input of the optical waveguide, and a photoactive material disposed substantially only within the evanescent field. A method for optically activating a photoactive material in an optofluidic photoreactor to convert carbon dioxide and water into other molecules that may be useful as a fuel or a chemical feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Erickson, Perry M. Schein
  • Optofluidic photobioreactor apparatus, method, and applications
    Patent number: 10604733
    Abstract: An optofluidic photoreactor including an optical waveguide having an input, characterized by an evanescent optical field confined along an outer surface of the optical waveguide produced by radiation propagating in the optical waveguide, means for inputting light to the input of the optical waveguide, and a photoactive material disposed substantially only within the evanescent field. A method for optically activating a photoactive material in an optofluidic photoreactor to convert carbon dioxide and water into other molecules that may be useful as a fuel or a chemical feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Erickson, Perry M. Schein
  • OPTOFLUIDIC PHOTOBIOREACTOR APPARATUS, METHOD, and APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170058249
    Abstract: An optofluidic photoreactor including an optical waveguide having an input, characterized by an evanescent optical field confined along an outer surface of the optical waveguide produced by radiation propagating in the optical waveguide, means for inputting light to the input of the optical waveguide, and a photoactive material disposed substantially only within the evanescent field. A method for optically activating a photoactive material in an optofluidic photoreactor to convert carbon dioxide and water into other molecules that may be useful as a fuel or a chemical feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Erickson, Perry M. Schein