Patents by Inventor Robin E. Anderson

Robin E. Anderson 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).

  • Amplification of carbon nanotubes via seeded-growth methods
    Patent number: 8562935
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Robert H. Hauge, Andrew R. Barron, James M. Tour, Howard K. Schmidt, W. Edward Billups, Christopher A. Dyke, Valerie C. Moore, Elizabeth Whitsitt, Robin E. Anderson, Ramon Colorado, Jr., Michael P. Stewart, Douglas C. Ogrin, Irene M. Marek
  • Method for creating a functional interface between a nanoparticle, nanotube or nanowire, and a biological molecule or system
    Patent number: 7692218
    Abstract: A field effect transistor and a method for making the same. In one embodiment, the field effect transistor comprises a source; a drain; a gate; at least one carbon nanotube on the gate; and a dielectric layer that coats the gate and a portion of the at least one carbon nanotube, wherein the at least one carbon nanotube has an exposed portion that is not coated with the dielectric layer, and wherein the exposed portion is functionalized with at least one indicator molecule. In other embodiments, the field effect transistor is a biochem-FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, New Cyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Barron, Dennis J. Flood, Elizabeth A. Whitsitt, Robin E. Anderson, Graham B. I. Scott
  • Amplification of Carbon Nanotubes Via Seeded-Growth Methods
    Publication number: 20080213162
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Richard E. Smalley, Irene M. Marek, Robert H. Hauge, Andrew R. Barron, James M. Tour, Howard K. Schmidt, W. Edward Billups, Christopher A. Dyke, Valerie C. Moore, Elizabeth Whitsitt, Robin E. Anderson, Ramon Colorado, Michael P. Stewart, Douglas C. Ogrin
  • Truck ballast apparatus
    Patent number: D392246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Robin E. Anderson