Patents & Inventions
ISML Intellectual Property
Our intellectual property is representative of the applied nature of our research. The following is a list of our issued U.S. patents, patents still pending with the U.S. Patent Office, and titles of ORNL invention disclosures that are currently in process.
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Issued Patents
Mann, C.J., Bingham, P.R., “Three wavelength quantitative imaging systems,” U.S. Patent 7,978,336, July 12 2011.
Passian, A., Thundat, T., “Electric Power Generation by Piezoelectric Conversion and Thermoacoustic Action," DOE Invention disclosure, 2011.
Tobin, K.W., Bingham, P.R., Hawari, A.I., “Apparatus and method to achieve high-resolution microscopy with non-diffracting or refracting radiation,” filed Oct. 2, 2009, US Patent Appl No. 20110079725.
Mann, C.J., Bingham, P.R., “Quantitative phase-contrast and excitation-emission systems,” filed Mar. 9, 2009, US Patent Appl. No. 20100231896.
Mann, C.J., Bingham, P.R., Gleason, S.S., “Quantitative phase imaging systems,” Filed Mar. 16, 2009, US Patent Appl. No. 20100231895.
Passian, A., Thundat, T., Farahi, R. H.,“Microscale fluid transport using optically controlled marangoni effects,” US 2009/0020426 A1.
Passian, A., Thundat, T.,"Methods and Apparatus for Intracellular Fluid Delivery," DOE Invention disclosure, 2009.
Passian, A., Ferrell, T. L., Thundat, T.,"A Tunable Plasmonic Photon Energy Converter for Electric Power Generation," DOE Invention disclosure, 2009.
Hanson, G.R., and Bingham, P.R., “Recording Multiple Spatially-Heterodyned Direct to Digital Holograms in One Digital Image”, U.S. Patent 7,349,100, March 25, 2008.
Hanson, G.R. and Bingham, P.R., “Faster Processing of Multiple Spatially-Heterodyned Direct to Digital Holograms”, ORNL ID No. 0933.2, U.S. Patent 7,116,425, Oct. 3, 2006, U.S. Patent 7,423,763 Sept. 9, 2008.
Passian, A., Thundat, T., "A plasmonic pump for integrated applications," DOE Invention disclosure, 2008.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Simpson, J.T., Karnowski, T.P., and Voelkl, E., “Two-wavelength spatial-heterodyne holography,” U.S. Patent, 7,312,875, Dec. 25, 2007.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Tobin, K.W., “Spatial-heterodyne interferometry for reflection and transmission (SHIRT) measurements”, U.S. Patent 6,999,178 issued February 14, 2006.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Tobin, K.W., “Spatial-heterodyne interferometry for transmission (SHIFT) measurements”, U.S. Patent 7,119,905, October 10, 2006.
Passian, A., Thundat, T.,"A nanoelectromechanical platform for sensor dynamics using memory effects," DOE Invention disclosure, 2006.
Price, J.R., and Bingham, P.R., “Fused off-axis object illumination direct-to-digital holography with a plurality of illumination sources,” U.S. Patent 6,963,406, November 8, 2005.
Pending Patents
Passian, A., Tetard, L., Thundat, T., Davison, B., “Scanning nearfield acoustic photothermal spectroscopy (SNAPS)”.
Passian, A., Tetard, L., Thundat, T.,“Mode synthesizing atomic force microscopy (MSAFM) and Mode synthesizing sensing (MSS)”.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Simpson, R.T., Voelkle, E., and Karnowski, T.P.,”Technique for Optaining Two-Wavelength Differential-Phase Direct-to-Digital Heterodyned Holograms”, ORNL ID No. 0933, April, 2003.