The laboratory would like to recognize the Argonne researchers who were awarded U.S. Patents in calendar year 2016 for technologies invented at Argonne. Patents are a key milestone in technology development, offer well-deserved recognition and financial reward to inventors, and also help the lab grow in multiple ways.
Patents help Argonne achieve its mission — particularly, the aspect that focuses on impact on society and the U.S. economy — because they provide commercial entities with which we work a proprietary position for business ventures that leverage those patents. Patents act as a barrier to entry for competition, which is one important enabler of business success.
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In calendar year 2016, Argonne brought in more than $2.8 million in total royalty income. The Energy and Global Security Directorate (EGS) brought in more than $2.3 million in royalty funds, and the the Physical Sciences and Engineering Directorate (PSE) accounted for more than $450,000 in royalty funds.
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Below is a list of U.S. Patents that were secured in calendar year 2016 for technologies that were invented at Argonne. Included are the Argonne inventors as well as links to the full patent documentation.
| Patent | Invention Title | Researchers |
|---|---|---|
| 9,230,739 | PLTZ Capacitor on Glass Substrate | Beihai Ma (ES), Balu Balachandran (ES) |
| 9,233,859 | Microfluidic Process Monitor for Industrial Solvent Extraction System | Candido Pereira (NE), Artem Gelis (NE) |
| 9,246,177 | Bimetallic Alloy Electrocatalysts with Multilayered Platinum-skin Surfaces | Vojislav Stamenkovic (MSD), Chao Wang (MSD), Nenad Markovic (MSD) |
| 9,246,187 | Non-aqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-ion Battery | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE), Lu Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,255,238 | Method to Produce Catalytically Active Nanocomposite Coatings | Ali Erdemir (ES), Levant Eryilmaz (ES) |
| 9,255,334 | Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyst | Nenad Markovic (MSD), Vojislav Stamenkovic (MSD) |
| 9,257,699 | Sulfur Cathode Hosted in Porous Organic Polymeric Matrices | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,263,769 | Process for the Production of Low Flammability Electrolyte Solvents | Trevor Dzwiniel (ES), Krzysztof Pupek (ES), Gregory Krumdick (ES) |
| 9,269,519 | Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films with Optimized Dielectric Properties for Advanced rf Mems Capacitive Switches | Ami Sumant (NST) |
| 9,285,170 | Hybrid Radiator-cooling System | David France (ES), Wenhua Yu (ES) |
| 9,293,789 | Redox Shuttles for Lithium-ion Batteries | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,294,504 | Multiple Operating System Rotation Environment Moving Target Defense | Michael Thompson (GSS), Nathaniel Evans (GSS) |
| 9,299,496 | PLZT Capacitor on Glass Substrate | Uthamalingam Balachandran (ES), Beihai MA (ES) |
| 9,299,526 | Method to Fabricate Portable Electron Source Based on Nitrogen Incorporated Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (N-UNCD) | Ani Sumant (NST), Ralu Divan (NST) |
| 9,300,000 | Organic Non-aqueous Cation- based Redox Flow Batteries | Zonghai Chen (CSE), Andrew Jansen (CSE), John Vaughey (CSE), Lu Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,305,672 | Vitrified Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics for Immobilization of Radioisotopes | Arun Wagh (EVS) |
| 9,306,210 | Surface Protected Lithium-metal-oxide Electrodes | Michael Thackeray (CSE) |
| 9,312,037 | Methods for Producing Cu-67 Radioisotope with Use of a Ceramic Capsule for Medical Applications | Dave Ehst (GSS), James Willit (NE) |
| 9,314,770 | Autogenic Reaction Synthesis of Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Generation | Donald Cronauer (ES), Brian Ingram (CSE) |
| 9,327,264 | Containerless Synthesis of Amorphous and Nanophase Organic Materials | Chris Benmore (XSD) |
| 9,339,764 | Internal Gas and Liquid Distributor for Electrodeionization Device | YuPo Lin (ES), Seth Snyder (EGS) |
| 9,340,720 | Heat Transfer Fluids Containing Nanoparticles | David France (ES), Dilep Singh (ES), Wenhua Yu (ES) |
| 9,343,738 | Production of Battery Grade Materials Via an Oxalate Method | Khalil Amine (CSE) |
| 9,350,026 | Nanofibrous Electrocatalysts | Di-Jia Liu (CSE) |
| 9,355,761 | Method for Fabrication of Crack-free Ceramic Dielectric Films | Beihai Ma (ES) |
| 9,355,767 | Undulator with Dynamic Compensation of Magnetic Forces | Efim Gluskin (ASD), Emil Trakhtenberg (AES), Joseph Xu (ASD) |
| 9,359,223 | Method for Producing Thin Film Electrodes | Steve Dorris (ES), Beihai Ma (ES) |
| 9,359,582 | Superabsorbing Gel for Actinide, Lanthanide and Fission Product Decontamination | Michael Kaminski (NE), Carol Mertz (EGS) |
| 9,362,599 | Non-aqueous Electrolytes for Lithium-air Batteries | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zonghai Chen (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,368,832 | Non-aqueous Electrolytes for Electrochemical Cells | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,382,618 | Oxygen-free Atomic Layer Deposition of Indium Sulfide | Alex Martinson (MSD), Matthew Weimer (CSE) |
| 9,388,477 | Noble Metal Superparticles and Methods of Preparation Thereof | Yugang Sun (NST), Yongxing Hu (NST) |
| 9,388,499 | Atomic Layer Epitaxy of Hematite on Indium Tin Oxide for Application in Solar Energy Conversion | Peijun Guo (NST), Alex Martinson (MSD) |
| 9,391,319 | Hollow Nanoparticle Cathode Materials for Sodium Electrochemical Cells and Batteries | Christopher Johnson (CSE), Tijana Rajh (NST), Elena Shevchenko (NST) |
| 9,391,345 | Non-aqueous Electrolytes for Electrochemical Cells | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,401,231 | Method for Producing Highly Conformal Transparent Conducting Oxide | Jeffrey Elam (ES), Anil Mane (ES) |
| 9,406,943 | Electrocatalysts using Porous Polymers and Method of Preparation | Di-Jia Liu (CSE) |
| 9,409,148 | Compositions and Methods for Direct Capture of Organic Materials from Process Streams | Richard Brotzman (ES), Seth Snyder (ES), YuPo Lin (ES) |
| 9,412,480 | Diffraction Leveraged Modulation of X-Ray Pulses Using Mems-Based X-Ray Optics | Sergey Antipov (HEP), Sergey Barishev (HEP), Il-Woong Jung (NST), Gopal Shenoy (XSD), Ani Sumant (NST), Donald Walko (XSD), Jin Wan (XSD) |
| 9,419,282 | Organic Active Materials For Batteries | Khalil Amine (CSE) |
| 9,421,521 | Nanosegregated Bimetallic Oxide Anode Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer | Nenad Markovic (MSD), Deborah Myers (CSE), Vojislav Stamenkovic (MSD) |
| 9,431,649 | Coated Electroactive Materials | Khalil Amine (CSE) |
| 9,437,335 | Designed Porosity Materials in Nuclear Reactor Components | Michael Pellin (MSD), Marius Stan (GSS), Abdellatif Yacout (NE) |
| 9,441,178 | Materials as Additives for Advanced Lubrication | Ali Erdemir (ES), Michael Thackeray (CSE) |
| 9,441,248 | Engineered Photosynthetic Bacteria, Method of Manufacture of Biofuels | Phil Laible (BIO), Seth Snyder (GSS) |
| 9,441,940 | Piezoresistive Boron Doped Diamond Nanowire | Ani Sumant (NST) |
| 9,446,967 | Method for Producing Size Selected Particles | Greg Krumdick (ES), YoungHo Shin (ES) |
| 9,475,690 | Low-Stress Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond | Ani Sumant (NST) |
| 9,476,007 | Tribological Synthesis Method for Producing Low-Friction Surface Film Coating | George Fenske (ES), Maria De La Cinta Lorenzo Martin (ES), Ajayi Oyelayo (ES), |
| 9,478,782 | Lithium Air Battery Having a Cross-Linked Polysiloxane Separator | Khalil Amine (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,478,794 | Electroactive Materials for Rechargeable Batteries | Khalil Amine (CSE), Wu Huiming (CSE) |
| 9,478,837 | Lithium Air Batteries Having Ether-Based Electrolytes | Khalil Amine (CSE), Larry Curtiss (MSD), Kah Chun Lau (MSD), Jun Lu (CSE), Zhengcheng Zhang (CSE) |
| 9,484,474 | Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Contacts for Electronic Devices | Ani Sumant (NST) |
| 9,487,600 | Ordered Nanoscale Domains by Infiltration of Block Copolymers | Seth Darling (NST), Jeff Elam (ES) |
| 9,496,590 | Lithium-Air Batteries, Method for Making Lithium-Air Batteries | Khalil Amine (CSE), Larry Curtiss (MSD), Jun Lu (CSE), Stefan Vajda (MSD) |
| 9,514,431 | Compact Mobile-Reader System for Two-Way Wireless Communication, Tracking and Status Monitoring for Transport Safety and Security | Kevin Byrne (NE), Brian Craig (GSS), Hok Lee (NE), Yung Liu (NE) |
| 9,520,057 | Wireless Remote Monitoring of Critical Facilities | John Anderson (HEP), Yung Liu (NE) |
| 9,523,777 | Thermal Kinetic Inductance Detector | Thomas Cecil (HEP), Lisa Gades (XSD), Antonino Miceli (XSD), Orlando Quaranta (XSD) |
| 9,529,098 | X-ray Monitoring Optical Elements | Yury Shvydko (XSD) |