Patents by Inventor Rafael Vila

Rafael Vila 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).

  • Polycrystalline diamond construction and method of making same
    Patent number: 11896964
    Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond construction comprising a body of polycrystalline diamond material formed of a mass of diamond grains exhibiting inter-granular bonding, wherein between around 50 wt % to around 99 wt % of the diamond grains in a cross-section of the body of polycrystalline diamond material taken at any orientation have a sectorial growth structure. A method of making the polycrystalline diamond construction is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Element Six (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Rafael Vila Anton
  • VERTICAL 2D STRUCTURES FOR ADVANCED ELECTRONIC AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210257451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for fabricating vertical homogenous and heterogeneous two-dimensional structures, the fabricated vertical two-dimensional structures, and methods of using the same. The methods demonstrated herein produce structures that are free standing and electrically isolated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua Alexander Robinson, Rafael Vila
  • Vertically oriented planar structures of transition metal chalcogenides for advanced electronic and optoelectronic systems
    Patent number: 11024710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for fabricating vertical homogenous and heterogeneous two-dimensional structures, the fabricated vertical two-dimensional structures, and methods of using the same. The methods demonstrated herein produce structures that are free standing and electrically isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Joshua Alexander Robinson, Rafael Vila
  • POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20200179888
    Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond construction comprising a body of polycrystalline diamond material formed of a mass of diamond grains exhibiting inter-granular bonding, wherein between around 50 wt % to around 99 wt % of the diamond grains in a cross-section of the body of polycrystalline diamond material taken at any orientation have a sectorial growth structure. A method of making the polycrystalline diamond construction is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: ELEMENT SIX (UK) LIMITED
    Inventor: RAFAEL VILA ANTON
  • VERTICAL 2D STRUCTURES FOR ADVANCED ELECTRONIC AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180090309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for fabricating vertical homogenous and heterogeneous two-dimensional structures, the fabricated vertical two-dimensional structures, and methods of using the same. The methods demonstrated herein produce structures that are free standing and electrically isolated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Joshua Alexander Robinson, Rafael Vila