Patents by Inventor SAMUEL M. NICAISE

SAMUEL M. NICAISE 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).

  • SMALL GAP DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20230420233
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
  • Small gap device system and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 11791143
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
  • Small gap device system and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 11791142
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Matthew Campbell, Mohsen Azadi, Kyana Van Houten, Jared William Schwede, Samuel M. Nicaise, Igor Bargatin
  • SMALL GAP DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20220139687
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Campbell, Mohsen Azadi, Kyana Van Houten, Jared William Schwede, Samuel M. Nicaise, Igor Bargatin
  • SMALL GAP DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20220037138
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
  • Small gap device system and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 11170984
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
  • SMALL GAP DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20190027347
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
  • PREPARATION, PURIFICATION AND USE OF HIGH-X DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS
    Publication number: 20150337068
    Abstract: This invention relates to the preparation and purification of high-X (“chi”) diblock copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: KARL K BERGGREN, WILLIAM BROWN FARNHAM, THEODORE H FEDYNYSHYN, SAMUEL M. NICAISE, MICHAEL THOMAS SHEEHAN, HOANG VI TRAN