Patents by Inventor Seongyeon KWAK

Seongyeon KWAK 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).

  • Sensor for infrared communication using plant nanobionics
    Patent number: 11187698
    Abstract: A living plant can function as self-powered auto-samplers and preconcentrators of an analyte within ambient groundwater, detectors of the analyte contained therein. For example, a pair of near infrared (IR) fluorescent sensors embedded within the mesophyll of the plant leaf can be used as detectors of the nitroaromatic molecules, with the first IR channel engineered through CoPhMoRe to recognize analyte via an IR fluorescent emission and the second IR channel including a functionalized nanostructure that acts as an invariant reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael S. Strano, Juan Pablo Giraldo Gomez, Seongyeon Kwak, Min Hao Wong
  • SENSOR FOR INFRARED COMMUNICATION USING PLANT NANOBIONICS
    Publication number: 20180356404
    Abstract: A living plant can function as self-powered auto-samplers and preconcentrators of an analyte within ambient groundwater, detectors of the analyte contained therein. For example, a pair of near infrared (IR) fluorescent sensors embedded within the mesophyll of the plant leaf can be used as detectors of the nitroaromatic molecules, with the first IR channel engineered through CoPhMoRe to recognize analyte via an IR fluorescent emission and the second IR channel including a functionalized nanostructure that acts as an invariant reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael S. STRANO, Juan Pablo GIRALDO GOMEZ, Seongyeon KWAK, Min Hao WONG
  • NANOBIONIC LIGHT EMITTING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20180317415
    Abstract: A plant nanobionic approach can utilize a system of four nanoparticle types, including luciferase conjugated silica, luciferin releasing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), coenzyme A functionalized chitosan, and semiconductor nanocrystal phosphors for wavelength modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael S. STRANO, Seongyeon KWAK, Juan Pablo Giraldo GOMEZ, Min Hao WONG