Patents by Inventor Reginald M. Penner

Reginald M. Penner 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).

  • Patent number: 11913929
    Abstract: Systems and methods using engineered nanofiltration layers to facilitate acceleration of palladium nanowire hydrogen sensors. The sensors include a metal-organic framework (MOF) assembled on palladium (Pd) nanowires (NWs) for highly selective and ultra-fast H2 molecule detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Won-Tae Koo, Il-Doo Kim
  • Publication number: 20230230776
    Abstract: A nanowire energy storage device such as a nanowire battery or a capacitor having a cathode comprising a plurality of nanowires and an anode comprising a plurality of nanowires interlaced with the plurality of nanowires of the cathode, and embedded in a PMMA gel electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Mya Le Thai
  • Patent number: 11610742
    Abstract: A nanowire energy storage device such as a nanowire battery or a capacitor having a cathode comprising a plurality of nanowires and an anode comprising a plurality of nanowires interlaced with the plurality of nanowires of the cathode, and embedded in a PMMA gel electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Mya Le Thai
  • Patent number: 11231381
    Abstract: Nanoparticle(NP)-decorated carbon nanotube (CNT) ropes used as sensing elements for hydrogen gas (H2) chemiresistors are described herein. The NP-decorated CNT rope sensors were prepared by dielectrophoretic deposition of a single semiconducting CNT rope followed by the electrodeposition of metal nanoparticles to highly disperse said nanoparticles on the CNT surfaces. The rope sensors produced a relative resistance change 20-30 times larger than what was observed at single, pure Pd nanowires. Thus, the rope sensors improved upon all H2 sensing metrics (speed, dynamic range, and limit-of-detection) relative to single Pd nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Xiaowei Li
  • Patent number: 11168306
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods useful for improving detection of analytes. The compositions and methods provided include polymer-wrapped viral particles useful, inter alia, for the detection of PSMA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Kritika Mohan, Lindsay Kindra, Reginald M. Penner
  • Publication number: 20210018463
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, biosensors and electrochemical cells comprising electronically conductive polymers and viral particles; diagnostic kits; and methods of detecting compounds in samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Reginald M. PENNER, Alana F. OGATA, Apurva BHASIN, Gregory A. WEISS, Phillip TAM, Jeffrey Scott BRIGGS, Marie YAP-TRUE, Aisha ATTAR, Shae Victoria PATTERSON
  • Patent number: 10818917
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate enhancing the energy storage capabilities of MnO2 in nanowire energy storage devices such as nanowire-based capacitors or batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Girija Thesma Chandran, Reginald M. Penner
  • Publication number: 20200256838
    Abstract: Systems and methods using engineered nanofiltration layers to facilitate acceleration of palladium nanowire hydrogen sensors. The sensors include a metal-organic framework (MOF) assembled on palladium (Pd) nanowires (NWs) for highly selective and ultra-fast H2 molecule detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Won-Tae Koo, Il-Doo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200152396
    Abstract: A nanowire energy storage device such as a nanowire battery or a capacitor having a cathode comprising a plurality of nanowires and an anode comprising a plurality of nanowires interlaced with the plurality of nanowires of the cathode, and embedded in a PMMA gel electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Mya Le Thai
  • Patent number: 10347434
    Abstract: A nanowire energy storage device such as a nanowire battery or a capacitor having a cathode comprising a plurality of nanowires and an anode comprising a plurality of nanowires interlaced with the plurality of nanowires of the cathode, and embedded in a PMMA gel electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Mya Le Thai
  • Publication number: 20180294478
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate enhancing the energy storage capabilities of MnO2 in nanowire energy storage devices such as nanowire-based capacitors or batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Girija Thesma Chandran, Reginald M. Penner
  • Publication number: 20180209926
    Abstract: Nanoparticle(NP)-decorated carbon nanotube (CNT) ropes used as sensing elements for hydrogen gas (H2) chemiresistors are described herein. The NP-decorated CNT rope sensors were prepared by dielectrophoretic deposition of a single semiconducting CNT rope followed by the electrodeposition of metal nanoparticles to highly disperse said nanoparticles on the CNT surfaces. The rope sensors produced a relative resistance change 20-30 times larger than what was observed at single, pure Pd nanowires. Thus, the rope sensors improved upon all H2 sensing metrics (speed, dynamic range, and limit-of-detection) relative to single Pd nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Xiaowei Li
  • Publication number: 20170338056
    Abstract: A nanowire energy storage device such as a nanowire battery or a capacitor having a cathode comprising a plurality of nanowires and an anode comprising a plurality of nanowires interlaced with the plurality of nanowires of the cathode, and embedded in a PMMA gel electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Reginald M. Penner, Mya Le Thai
  • Publication number: 20170067026
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods useful for improving detection of analytes. The compositions and methods provided include polymer-wrapped viral particles useful, inter alia, for the detection of PSMA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Kritika Mohan, Lindsay Kindra, Reginald M. Penner
  • Patent number: 9316608
    Abstract: A biosensor that is capable of detecting the presence and/or concentration of an analyte or biomarker includes at least one electrically conductive electrode operatively coupled to an impedance analyzer for measuring the change in the resistive impedance ?ZRe of the electrode in response to an applied alternating current at a plurality of frequencies. In one embodiment, at least one electrode is covered with a self-assembled monolayer that is chemically bonded to a surface. A plurality of virus particles such as phage viruses are immobilized on the self-assembled monolayer and may be exposed to a test or sample solution. The virus particles may be obtained from phage-displayed libraries to detect a wide variety of targets including, for example, DNA, RNA, small molecules, and proteins or polypeptides. In another embodiment, the virus particles are electrostatically bound to a substrate in between a pair of elongated electrodes disposed on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Reginald M. Penner, Phillip Y. Tam, Li-Mei Yang, Tyler Brigham
  • Patent number: 9062353
    Abstract: Grafting M13 bacteriophage into an array of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires generated hybrids of conducting polymers and replicable genetic packages (rgps) such as viruses. The incorporation of rgps into the polymeric backbone of PEDOT occurs during electropolymerization via lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE). The resultant arrays of rgps-PEDOT nanowires enable real-time, reagent-free electrochemical biosensing of analytes in physiologically relevant buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Reginald M. Penner, Jessica A. Arter, David K. Taggart, Keith C. Donavan
  • Publication number: 20140030699
    Abstract: Grafting M13 bacteriophage into an array of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires generated hybrids of conducting polymers and replicable genetic packages (rgps) such as viruses. The incorporation of rgps into the polymeric backbone of PEDOT occurs during electropolymerization via lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE). The resultant arrays of rgps-PEDOT nanowires enable real-time, reagent-free electrochemical biosensing of analytes in physiologically relevant buffers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Reginald M. Penner, Jessica A. Arter, David K. Taggart, Keith C. Donavan
  • Publication number: 20140014536
    Abstract: A biosensor that is capable of detecting the presence and/or concentration of an analyte or biomarker includes at least one electrically conductive electrode operatively coupled to an impedance analyzer for measuring the change in the resistive impedance ?ZRe of the electrode in response to an applied alternating current at a plurality of frequencies. In one embodiment, at least one electrode is covered with a self-assembled monolayer that is chemically bonded to a surface. A plurality of virus particles such as phage viruses are immobilized on the self-assembled monolayer and may be exposed to a test or sample solution. The virus particles may be obtained from phage-displayed libraries to detect a wide variety of targets including, for example, DNA, RNA, small molecules, and proteins or polypeptides. In another embodiment, the virus particles are electrostatically bound to a substrate in between a pair of elongated electrodes disposed on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Reginald M. Penner, Phillip Y. Tam, Li-Mei Yang, Tyler Brigham
  • Patent number: 8525237
    Abstract: Grafting M13 bacteriophage into an array of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires generated hybrids of conducting polymers and replicable genetic packages (rgps) such as viruses. The incorporation of rgps into the polymeric backbone of PEDOT occurs during electropolymerization via lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE). The resultant arrays of rgps-PEDOT nanowires enable real-time, reagent-free electrochemical biosensing of analytes in physiologically relevant buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Reginald M. Penner, Jessica A. Arter, David K. Taggart, Keith C. Donavan
  • Publication number: 20130216996
    Abstract: Grafting M13 bacteriophage into an array of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires generated hybrids of conducting polymers and replicable genetic packages (rgps) such as viruses. The incorporation of rgps into the polymeric backbone of PEDOT occurs during electropolymerization via lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE). The resultant arrays of rgps-PEDOT nanowires enable real-time, reagent-free electrochemical biosensing of analytes in physiologically relevant buffers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Gregory A. Weiss, Reginald M. Penner, Jessica A. Arter, David K. Taggart, Keith C. Donavan