Patents by Inventor Sanhita Dixit

Sanhita Dixit 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).

  • Droplet bilayers
    Patent number: 8293339
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatuses for making an artificial, amphiphilic bilayer using aqueous micro-droplets (1-1,000 um dia) in a water-immiscible solvent, wherein immediately surrounding each droplet is a monolayer of amphiphilic molecules; the general method comprising: juxtapositioning the droplets with a focused laser beam such that the monolayers merge to create a bilayer of the amphiphilic molecules between the droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Faris, Sanhita Dixit
  • Droplet Bilayers
    Publication number: 20090074988
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatuses for making an artificial, amphiphilic bilayer using aqueous micro-droplets (1-1,000 um dia) in a water-immiscible solvent, wherein immediately surrounding each droplet is a monolayer of amphiphilic molecules; the general method comprising: juxtapositioning the droplets with a focused laser beam such that the monolayers merge to create a bilayer of the amphiphilic molecules between the droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Gregory W. Faris, Sanhita Dixit