Patents
US 10541406 B1: Nanopatterned substrate serving as both a current collector and template for nanostructured electrode growth
- Granted
- 2020-01-21
- Filed
- 2017-02-23 application 15440121
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A process of forming and the resulting nano-pitted metal substrate that serves both as patterns to grow nanostructured materials and as current collectors for the resulting nanostructured material is disclosed herein. The nano-pitted substrate can be fabricated from any suitable conductive material that allows nanostructured electrodes to be grown directly on the substrate.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200121.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tulsa 48 patents | US company or organization | Tulsa, OK | THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state University of Tulsa College or university FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state UNIVERSITY OF TULSA Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Teeters | Sand Springs, OK | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mathew Smith | Tulsa, OK | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H01M | Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy | H01M4/0404 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C23C | Coating metallic material; coating material with metallic material; surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general | C23C14/34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C25D | Processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings; electroforming; apparatus therefor | C25D11/024 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C25F | Processes for the electrolytic removal of materials from objects; apparatus therefor | C25F3/16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H10F | Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation | H10F77/14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02E | Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution | Y02E10/52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02P | Climate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods | Y02P70/50 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T29/49115 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SMITH, MATHEW signed 2013-03-13 TEETERS, DALE signed 2013-03-13 | THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TULSA, OK | 41354/874 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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