Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Spudich

Thomas M. Spudich 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).

  • MINIATURIZED SPECTROMETER FOR SENSITIVE AND ROBUST LABORATORY AND FIELD USE
    Publication number: 20170010154
    Abstract: A miniaturized spectrometer capable of being held and carried in a person's hand and including all of the necessary elements for reliable quantification and characterization for laboratory purposes, of a variety of objects, including an analyte in solution, and that is also optionally adaptable for analysis of an analyte in gaseous phase, and/or on or imbedded in a solid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas M. Spudich, Bradley L. Postier, Jermey D. Weter, Miranda Adams, Ethan J. Vaughan
  • Light-emitting element based on laser carbonized polymer substrate
    Patent number: 8587188
    Abstract: An infrared radiation emitting element is provided. A carbonized conducting filament is formed from an insulating substrate material. Passing current through the filament produces radiation in the infrared band. The radiation emitted is tuned by altering the physical or chemical characteristics of the filament. A substrate is optionally doped prior to filament formation. Alternatively, or in addition, a post-filament formation doping process is used. The light-emitting element is a durable, low power IR emitter that is operable as a marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: John M. Ingram, Augustus W. Fountain, III, Thomas M. Spudich