Tag: patent
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Nanomaterial Can Turn Ordinary Window Glass into Solar Power
EnSol AS, a company in Bergen, Norway, working with the University of Leicester (U.K.) Department of Physics and Astronomy has developed and patented a thin film solar technology that can generate electric power when applied to common glass windows. The material developed by EnSol is composed of metal nanoparticles embedded in a transparent composite matrix.…
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Patent Issued for Nucleic Acid Extraction Technology
Akonni Biosystems in Frederick, Maryland, received a U.S. patent for its “Apparatus, system, and method for purifying nucleic acids” technology, which applies to its nucleic acid binding matrix when inserted into a pipette tip, tubing or cartridge for nucleic acid purification. According to Akonni Biosystems, this technology can reduce to a few minutes the time…
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Louisiana Tech Researcher Awarded Biomedical Engineering Patent
The U.S. Patent Office has issued a patent to Mark DeCoster, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, for his invention of an electromagnetic probe used in medical devices. Deoster and co-inventor Nicolas Bazan of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, built the “Electromagnetic Probe Device,” at Louisiana Tech’s…
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Cellulosic Ethanol Company to Build R&D Center
The Boston Business Journal reports that Qteros Inc., a Marlborough, Massachusetts company making cellulosic ethanol, will open a new research and development facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts by the end of 2010. CEO John McCarthy tells the Journal the 15,000 square-foot plant will allow for fermentation of biomass on a larger scale than is now possible…
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Patent Awarded for Technology to Extend Hybrid Battery Life
AFS Trinity Power Corporation in Bellevue, Washington says it received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that allows for the combination of ultracapacitors and other devices on a hybrid vehicle’s drive train. This innovation, says the company, will mean plug-in electric vehicles can run longer on smaller batteries. The patent, says the…
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New Patent Application Filed for Pyrolysis Oil Biofuel
Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels (NGBF) in Columbia, Maryland said today it has filed a patent application for their new pyrolysis oil based biofuels. Pyrolysis oil is a synthetic fuel extracted through a technology that converts biomass to liquid under extreme heat in the absence of oxygen. “We have been able to readily and…
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Nanotechnology Gains Higher Profile in Personal-Care Industry
A review of patents issued for new health and beauty products since 2003 shows an increasing reliance on nanotechnology to achieve breakthroughs in product design and performance. Between 2003 and 2009, the number of patents for health and beauty items making use of nanotechnology more than doubled, from 181 in 2003 to 367 in 2009.…