Patents by Inventor Ruitao Su

Ruitao Su 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).

  • Additively manufactured self-supporting microfluidics
    Patent number: 11820061
    Abstract: A printed structure including a plurality of overlying layers of elongate polymeric filaments stacked on a surface of a substrate. The elongate polymeric filaments are stacked on each other along their lengths to form a liquid impermeable, self-supporting wall. The liquid impermeable self-supporting wall forms a wall angle of about 30° to about 90° with respect to a plane of the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Michael C. McAlpine, Ruitao Su, Steven J. Koester, Joshua Uzarski
  • ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SELF-SUPPORTING MICROFLUIDICS
    Publication number: 20220072753
    Abstract: A printed structure including a plurality of overlying layers of elongate polymeric filaments stacked on a surface of a substrate. The elongate polymeric filaments are stacked on each other along their lengths to form a liquid impermeable, self-supporting wall. The liquid impermeable self-supporting wall forms a wall angle of about 30° to about 90° with respect to a plane of the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael C. McAlpine, Ruitao Su, Steven J. Koester, Joshua Uzarski