Patents by Inventor Rebecca Kirkpatrick

Rebecca Kirkpatrick 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).

  • Publication number: 20220095544
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for monitoring plants. A QR code can be associated with a plant, wherein a static QR code can be associated with a plant. The static QR code can be dynamically scanned and encoded with data that identifies the plant and contains information about the plant. The information may include geolocation information and/or image files that monitor the developmental stages of the plant. The encoded data may then be transmitted over a network to retrievable storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Courtland Fowler, Rebecca Kirkpatrick, Kenichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8530039
    Abstract: A polycrystalline mesoscale component, formed through a process including filing a mold cavity formed in a photoresist with a mold fill, is provided with an overall length L divided into multiple segments with a second segment extending from a first segment at a nonlinear angle. The first segment has a first segment height H1 and a first segment thickness T1, while the second segment has a second segment height H2 and a second segment thickness T2, with the lesser of H1 and H2 defining a minimum segment height Hmin and the lesser of T1 and T2 defining a minimum segment thickness Tmin. The resultant component has a ratio of L:Hmin:Tmin of 20-80:1:0.5-10 where Hmin is between 5 and 500 microns. In specific instances, the nonlinear angle is acute, the multiple segments are rectilinear in cross section, and a segment thickness has an edge resolution of between 0.1 and 2 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: James H. Adair, Mary Frecker, Christopher Muhlstein, Eric Mockensturm, Harriet Black Nembhard, Randy S. Haluck, Abraham Mathew, Nicholas Antolino, Gregory R Hayes, Milton Aguirre, Rebecca Kirkpatrick, Chumpol Yuangyai
  • Publication number: 20100075170
    Abstract: A polycrystalline mesoscale component is provided that has an overall length L divided into multiple segments with a second segment extending from a first segment at a nonlinear angle. The first segment has a first segment height H1 and a first segment thickness T1, while the second segment has a second segment height H2 and a second segment thickness T1, with the lesser of H1 and H2 defining a minimum segment height Hmin and the lesser of T1 and T2 defining a minimum segment thickness Tmin. The resultant component has a ratio of L:Hmin:Tmin of 20-80:1:0.5-10 where Hmin is between 5 and 500 microns. In specific instances, the nonlinear angle is acute, the multiple segments are rectilinear in cross section, and a segment thickness has an edge resolution of between 0.1 and 2 microns. A process for forming a polycrystalline mesoscale component is provided that includes filling a mold cavity formed in a photoresist with a mold fill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: James H. Adair, Mary Frecker, Christopher Muhlstein, Eric Mockensturm, Randy S. Haluck, Abraham Mathew, Milton Aguirre, Rebecca Kirkpatrick, Chumpol Yuangyai