Patents by Inventor Rui Lobo

Rui Lobo 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).

  • Polyol functionalized water soluble carbon nanostructures
    Patent number: 8420717
    Abstract: A method of making a water soluble carbon nanostructure includes treating a fluorinated carbon nanostructure material with a polyol in the presence of a base. A water soluble carbon nanostructure comprises a fluorinated carbon nanostructure covalently bound to a polyol. Exemplary uses of water soluble carbon nanostructures include use in polymer composites, biosensors and drug delivery vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Valery N. Khabashesku, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Rui Lobo
  • Polyol Functionalized Water Soluble Carbon Nanostructures
    Publication number: 20100317820
    Abstract: A method of making a water soluble carbon nanostructure includes treating a fluorinated carbon nanostructure material with a polyol in the presence of a base. A water soluble carbon nanostructure comprises a fluorinated carbon nanostructure covalently bound to a polyol. Exemplary uses of water soluble carbon nanostructures include use in polymer composites, biosensors and drug delivery vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Valery N. Khabashesku, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Rui Lobo