Patents by Inventor Vahan R Nikoghosyan

Vahan R Nikoghosyan 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).

  • Superconducting acceleration sensor suitable for gravitational wave radiation detection
    Patent number: 9880317
    Abstract: This invention detects mass and mass motion of external objects by virtue of its action as a gravimeter, gravity gradiometer, and detector of gravitational fields. This invention is for devices which function as accelerometers and gyroscopes for the bodies to which they are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventors: Joe Foreman, Armen Gulian, Louis Sica, Jr., Vahan R. Nikoghosyan, Shmuel Nussinov, Jeff Tollaksen
  • SUPERCONDUCTING GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170276827
    Abstract: A superconducting gravitational wave senser includes a toroid-like torque body having first and second diametrically opposed mass objects to provide a bi-pole mass distribution about its Z-axis for torque perturbations by gravitational waves. The torque body includes superconducting material that produces a magnetic field when perturbed; the field indicative a gravitation wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Armen Gulian, Joe Gaines Foreman, Louis Sica, JR., Vahan R. Nikoghosyan, Shmuel Nussinov
  • Superconducting Acceleration Sensor Suitable For Gravitational Wave Radiation Detection
    Publication number: 20150128696
    Abstract: This invention detects mass and mass motion of external objects by virtue of its action as a gravimeter, gravity gradiometer, and detector of gravitational fields. This invention is for devices which function as accelerometers and gyroscopes for the bodies to which they are attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Joe Foreman, Armen Gulian, Louis Sica, JR., Vahan R. Nikoghosyan, Shmuel Nussinov, Jeff Tollaksen
  • Material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 7888290
    Abstract: The invention herein is directed towards a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal, preferably greater than 140K. The transition temperature of the material may be considered greater than the transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal if the material has a transition temperature and the metal oxide crystal has no transition temperature. The present invention is also directed to a material which includes a laser processed strontium ruthenate crystal wherein the material has a greater oxygen content than the starting strontium ruthenate crystal. The present invention is also directed towards a method for manufacturing a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics that includes providing a metal oxide crystal and laser ablating the metal oxide crystal and a material made by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventors: Armen Gulian, Kent S Wood, Deborah Van Vechten, Vahan R Nikoghosyan
  • Method of making material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics
    Patent number: 7884051
    Abstract: The invention herein is directed towards a method of making material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal, preferably greater than 140K. The transition temperature of the material may be considered greater than the transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal if the material has a transition temperature and the metal oxide crystal has no transition temperature. The present invention is also directed to a material which includes a laser processed strontium ruthenate crystal wherein the material has a greater oxygen content than the starting strontium ruthenate crystal. The present invention is also directed towards a method for manufacturing a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics that includes providing a metal oxide crystal and laser ablating the metal oxide crystal and a material made by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventors: Armen M Gulian, Kent S Wood, Deborah Van Vechten, Vahan R Nikoghosyan
  • METHOD OF MAKING MATERIAL EXHIBITING SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20110028329
    Abstract: The invention herein is directed towards a method of making material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal, preferably greater than 140K. The transition temperature of the material may be considered greater than the transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal if the material has a transition temperature and the metal oxide crystal has no transition temperature. The present invention is also directed to a material which includes a laser processed strontium ruthenate crystal wherein the material has a greater oxygen content than the starting strontium ruthenate crystal. The present invention is also directed towards a method for manufacturing a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics that includes providing a metal oxide crystal and laser ablating the metal oxide crystal and a material made by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Armen Gulian, Kent S. Wood, Deborah Van Vechten, Vahan R. Nikoghosyan
  • Material Exhibiting Superconductivity Characteristics and Method of Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20100248967
    Abstract: The invention herein is directed towards a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal, preferably greater than 140K. The transition temperature of the material may be considered greater than the transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal if the material has a transition temperature and the metal oxide crystal has no transition temperature. The present invention is also directed to a material which includes a laser processed strontium ruthenate crystal wherein the material has a greater oxygen content than the starting strontium ruthenate crystal. The present invention is also directed towards a method for manufacturing a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics that includes providing a metal oxide crystal and laser ablating the metal oxide crystal and a material made by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Armen Gulian, Kent S. Wood, Deborah Van Vechten, Vahan R. Nikoghosyan