Patents by Inventor Rebecca Y. Lai

Rebecca Y. Lai 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 sensing and separation based on ordered 3D nanostructured surfaces
    Patent number: 10190978
    Abstract: A sensor having a substrate is provided in which structures are disposed on a surface of the substrate. The structures can be, e.g., nanostructures. Polarized light is directed toward the sensor, and birefringence of the structures with respect to the light is measured. Target particles that interact with the structures are detected based on changes in the measured birefringence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Mathias M. Schubert, Tino Hofmann, Daniel Schmidt, Patrick H. Dussault, Andrea Holmes, Rebecca Y. Lai
  • Combined use of oscillating means and ellipsometry to determine uncorrelated effective thickness and optical constants of material deposited at or etched from a working electrode that preferrably comprises non-normal oriented nanofibers
    Patent number: 10048059
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that enable determination of uncorrelated thickness of a working electrode and surface region optical constants in settings involving electrochemical processing at a working electrodes in a Piezoelectric Balance system, by simultaneous application of an Ellipsometer system, the working electrode optionally having a multiplicity of nanofibers that are oriented non-normally to a surface of said working electrode. Further disclosed is, simultaneous with said determinations, the monitoring of electrochemical processes at a piezoelectric balance working electrode driven by electrical energy applied between said working electrode and counter electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: J. A. WOOLLAM CO., INC, THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
    Inventors: Mathias M. Schubert, Tino Hofmann, John A. Woollam, Rebecca Y. Lai
  • Optical Sensing and Separation Based on Ordered 3D Nanostructured Surfaces
    Publication number: 20180024055
    Abstract: A sensor having a substrate is provided in which structures are disposed on a surface of the substrate. The structures can be, e.g., nanostructures. Polarized light is directed toward the sensor, and birefringence of the structures with respect to the light is measured. Target particles that interact with the structures are detected based on changes in the measured birefringence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Mathias M. Schubert, Tino Hofmann, Daniel Schmidt, Patrick H. Dussault, Andrea Holmes, Rebecca Y. Lai
  • Self-assembled monolayers and methods for using the same in biosensing applications
    Patent number: 9829487
    Abstract: Cross-linked amphiphile constructs that form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces such as gold surfaces are disclosed. These new SAMs generate well packed and highly oriented monolayer films on gold surfaces. A method for using the SAMs in the fabrication of biomolecule sensors is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Patrick H. Dussault, Rebecca Y. Lai, Thomas Fisher, Anita J. Zaitouna
  • Optical sensing and separation based on ordered three-dimensional nanostructured surfaces
    Patent number: 9739710
    Abstract: A sensor having a substrate is provided in which structures are disposed on a surface of the substrate. The structures can be, e.g., nanostructures. Polarized light is directed toward the sensor, and birefringence of the structures with respect to the light is measured. Target particles that interact with the structures are detected based on changes in the measured birefringence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Mathias M. Schubert, Tino Hofmann, Daniel Schmidt, Patrick H. Dussault, Andrea Holmes, Rebecca Y. Lai
  • SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME IN BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160047803
    Abstract: Cross-linked amphiphile constructs that form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces such as gold surfaces are disclosed. These new SAMs generate well packed and highly oriented monolayer films on gold surfaces. A method for using the SAMs in the fabrication of biomolecule sensors is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick H. Dussault, Rebecca Y. Lai, Thomas Fisher, Anita J. Zaitouna
  • Self-assembled monolayers and methods for using the same in biosensing applications
    Patent number: 9079835
    Abstract: Cross-linked amphiphile constructs that form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces such as gold surfaces are disclosed. These new SAMs generate well packed and highly oriented monolayer films on gold surfaces. A method for using the SAMs in the fabrication of biomolecule sensors is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Patrick H. Dussault, Rebecca Y. Lai, Thomas Fisher, Anita J. Zaitouna
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING
    Publication number: 20150177181
    Abstract: Electrochemical sensors are provided, as are methods of using such electrochemical sensors for detecting ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Rebecca Y. Lai
  • OPTICAL SENSING AND SEPARATION BASED ON ORDERED THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES
    Publication number: 20140106980
    Abstract: A sensor having a substrate is provided in which structures are disposed on a surface of the substrate. The structures can be, e.g., nanostructures. Polarized light is directed toward the sensor, and birefringence of the structures with respect to the light is measured. Target particles that interact with the structures are detected based on changes in the measured birefringence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Mathias M. Schubert, Tino Hofmann, Daniel Schmidt, Patrick H. Dussault, Andrea Holmes, Rebecca Y. Lai
  • SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME IN BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120315625
    Abstract: Cross-linked amphiphile constructs that form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces such as gold surfaces are disclosed. These new SAMs generate well packed and highly oriented monolayer films on gold surfaces. A method for using the SAMs in the fabrication of biomolecule sensors is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Patrick H. Dussault, Rebecca Y. Lai, Thomas Fisher, Anita J. Zaitouna
  • FABRICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS VIA CLICK CHEMISTRY
    Publication number: 20110210017
    Abstract: This disclosure describes electrochemical biosensors produced using click chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Rebecca Y. Lai, Socrates Canete
  • GOLD-PLATED SCREEN-PRINTED ELECTRODES AND THEIR USE AS ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS
    Publication number: 20110139636
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a gold-plated screen-printed electrode for use as an electrochemical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Rebecca Y. Lai, Weiwei Yang