Patents by Inventor Valery Smirnov

Valery Smirnov 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).

  • POLARIZER BASED ON A NANOWIRE GRID
    Publication number: 20060273067
    Abstract: The preferred embodiment provides for development and use of an array of nanowires with a period smaller then 150 nm for applications such as an optical polarizer. To manufacture such structures the preferred embodiment employs a hard nanomask. This nanomask includes a substantially periodic array of substantially parallel elongated elements having a wavelike cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Wostec, Inc.
    Inventors: Valery Smirnov, Dmitry Kibalov
  • Composite material for ultra thin membranes
    Publication number: 20060230937
    Abstract: A composite material that may be used for a thin membrane is disclosed. This composite material includes first material that has a quasi-periodic system of vertical trenches (nanotrenches) with wavelength period that may be in the range between 20 and 500 nm. These nanotrenches are formed as openings between bordering elongated elements. The nanotrenches are at least partially filled with a second material that has physical-chemical characteristics substantially different from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Wostec, Inc.
    Inventors: Valery Smirnov, Dmirti Kibalov