Patents by Inventor Steven G. Colbern

Steven G. Colbern 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).

  • Publication number: 20130342959
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Leonid GRIGORIAN, Steven G. COLBERN, Sean Imtiaz BRAHIM
  • Patent number: 8309226
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an article comprising a transparent substrate and an electrically conductive transparent coating deposited on the transparent substrate. This invention is also directed to methods for preparing the electrically conductive transparent coating and depositing the coating on the transparent substrate. This invention is further directed to devices containing such articles. The electrically conductive transparent coating comprises carbon nanotubes filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Robert L. Gump, Steven G. Colbern, Leonid Grigorian
  • Publication number: 20120111093
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. The invention further relates to a method for detecting or quantitating an analyte gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Robert L. Gump, Fikret Nuri Kirkbir
  • Patent number: 8124419
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Robert L. Gump, Fikret Nuri Kirkbir
  • Publication number: 20110188170
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Publication number: 20110183139
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds and methods of making such organized structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. This invention is further drawn to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes. In particular, it relates to the separation of semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes from conducting (or metallic) single-wall carbon nanotubes. It also relates to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes according to their chirality and/or diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Alex E. Moser, Robert L. Gump, Daniel A. Niebauer, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Patent number: 7943238
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Patent number: 7938987
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds and methods of making such organized structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. This invention is further drawn to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes. In particular, it relates to the separation of semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes from conducting (or metallic) single-wall carbon nanotubes. It also relates to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes according to their chirality and/or diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Alex E. Moser, Robert L. Gump, Daniel A. Niebauer, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Publication number: 20100321861
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Patent number: 7794840
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Publication number: 20100200430
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Robert L. Gump, Fikret Nuri Kirkbir
  • Publication number: 20100117032
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds and methods of making such organized structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. This invention is further drawn to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes. In particular, it relates to the separation of semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes from conducting (or metallic) single-wall carbon nanotubes. It also relates to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes according to their chirality and/or diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Alex E. Moser, Robert L. Gump, Daniel A. Niebauer, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Publication number: 20090035555
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an article comprising a transparent substrate and an electrically conductive transparent coating deposited on the transparent substrate. This invention is also directed to methods for preparing the electrically conductive transparent coating and depositing the coating on the transparent substrate. This invention is further directed to devices containing such articles. The electrically conductive transparent coating comprises carbon nanotubes filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Robert L. Gump, Steven G. Colbern, Leonid Grigorian
  • Publication number: 20090015984
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
  • Publication number: 20080317636
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Leonid Grigorian, Steven G. Colbern, Robert L. Gump, Fikret Nuri Kirkbir
  • Publication number: 20020157418
    Abstract: This invention resides in a process for making silica articles having few or no visible bubbles by sintering silica gels derived from a sol-gel process. The process incorporates control of pH during hydroxylation and gelation, as well as chlorination at temperatures previously considered unsuitable. The process optionally incorporates addition of dispersant to the silica solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Rahul Ganguli, Steven G. Colbern, Matthew S. Gleason