Available Technologies
Office of Research & Technology Transfer
Available Technologies
Researchers at Colorado School of Mines are on the forefront of innovation. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing creative solutions to a wide range of scientific and engineering challenges. For more information, contact Will Vaughan, Director of Technology Transfer (wvaughan@mines.edu).
| Title | Inventors | Priority Date | Serial/Patent Number (with link if avaiable) | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optical-Based Cell Deformability | Jeff Squier; David Marr; Robert Applegate; Tor Vestad; Justin Chichester | 7/3/2007 | 8119976 | Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Fiber-Focused Diode-Bar Optical Trapping for Microfluidic Flow Manipulation | Jeff Squier, David Marr, Robert Applegate, Tor Vestad | 9/26/2007 | 9878326 | Chemical Engineering Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Lanthanide Nanoparticle Conjugates and Uses Thereof | Stephen Boyes, Misty Rowe;Douglas Thamm, Susan Kraft | 8/22/2008 | 8916135 | Chemistry and Geochemistry | Biosciences |
| Microfluidic flow assay for measuring hemostatic phenotypes | Keith Neeves, Ryan Hansen | 9/21/2010 | 8486349 | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences |
| Spatially chirped pulses for femtosecond laser ablation through transparent materials | Jeff Squier, Dawn Vitek, Charles Durfee, Dan Adams, David Kleinfled | 3/25/2011 | 8669488 | Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Spatially chirped pulses for femtosecond laser ablation through transparent materials | Jeff Squier, Dawn Vitek, Charles Durfee, Dan Adams, David Kleinfled | 7/12/2011 | 9545689 | Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Wave-Equation Migration Velocity Analysis Using Image Warping | Paul Sava, Francesco Perrone, Clara Andreoletti, Nicola Bienati | 8/18/2011 | 9702997 | Geophysics | Sensors |
| Metal Oxide Laser Ionization-Mass Spectrometry | Kent Voorhees, Casey McAlpin, Ryan Richards | 3/19/2012 | 10079139 | Chemistry and Geochemistry | Biosciences |
| Polylactide-Graft-Lignin Copolymers | John Dorgan, Mike Eyser,Clay Perbix | 3/26/2012 | 8993705 | Chemical Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| Microfluidic Flow Assay and Methods of Use | Keith Neeves, Abimbola Onasoga | 6/27/2012 | 9709579 | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences |
| Solubilizing Imide Precursors for Poorly Soluble Polymers | Dan Knauss | 1/30/2013 | 9355787 | Chemical Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| Alumina-Rich Glasses and Methods for Making the Same | Ivan Cornejo, Ivar Reimanis | 5/21/2013 | 9359244 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| Purification of Yttrium Using Iminodiacetic Acid Resin | Corby Anderson, Ben Kronholm | 12/5/2013 | 10696562 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Purification of Yttrium Using Iminodiacetic Acid Resin | Corby Anderson, Ben Kronholm | 12/5/2013 | 10696562 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Pressure Oxidation of Enargite Concentrates Containing Gold and silver | Corby Anderson , Kim Conner | 1/8/2014 | 11149328 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| De-Zincing Zinc-Coated Metals | Corby Anderson, Joe Grogan, Gerald Martins | 2/25/2014 | 10087502 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Biodegradable Polymers for Delivery of Therapeutic Agents | Melissa Krebs | 6/24/2014 | 9657094 | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences |
| Boron Compounds for Admixture to Scintillators | Cory Pecinovsky, Pascale Meysing, Adam Mahl, John Dorgan, Uwe Greife, Tyler Remedes | 8/5/2014 | 9796921 | Chemical Engineering | Sensors |
| Interferometric Characterization for Divergence and Spatial Chirp | Charles Durfee, Amanda Meier | 9/19/2014 | 9964449 | Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Integrated Single Grating compressor for Variable Pulse Front Tilt in Simultaneously Spatially and Templorarily Focused Systems | Jeff Squier, Erica Block | 9/20/2014 | 10040146 | Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Magnetic Field Driven Colloidal Microbots Employing Wall Based Propulsion | Tongue Tasci, Keith Neeves, David Marr | 3/13/2015 | 10722250 | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences |
| Ammonia Synthesis at Moderate conditions Using Hydrogen Permeable Membrane Reactors | Doug Way, Sean-Thomas Lundin, Colin Wolden | 3/31/2015 | 10159969 | Chemical Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Controlled And Tunable Precipitation Of Biomietic Apatites Via In Situ Mineralization Of An Organic Polymeric Matrix | Jacqueline Harding, Melissa Krebs | 7/31/2015 | 10806827 | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences |
| 3D Gaze Control of Robot for Navigation and Object Manipulation | Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li | 9/21/2015 | 10157313 | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Autonomous Robotic Laparoscope based on Eye Tracking | Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li | 9/21/2015 | 10682038 | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Triple Conducting Cathode for Intermediate Temperature Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Devices | Jianhua Tong, Ryan O'Hayre, Meng Shang, Chuaneheng Duan | 1/8/2016 | 10014529 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Deposition-Conversion Method for Tunable Calcium Phosphate Coatings on Substrates | Jacqueline Harding, Melissa Krebs | 5/13/2016 | 10926000 | Chemcial Engineering | Biosciences |
| Triple Conducting Cathode for Intermediate Temperature Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Devices | Jianhua Tong, Ryan O'Hayre, Meng Shang, Chuaneheng Duan | 6/16/2016 | 10059584 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| 10B Enriched Plastic Scintillators for Application in Thermal Neutron Detection and Methods of Making the Same | Alan Sellinger, Uwe Greife, Henok Yemam, Adam Mahl | 8/7/2017 | 10698121 | Physics | Sensors |
| Functionalized Poly(diallylpiperidinium) and its copolymers for use in ion conducting applications | Daniel M. Knauss, Derek J. Strasser | 8/22/2017 | 17/180,629 | Chemistry & Geochemistry | Materials and Polymers |
| Mechanical Stiffening of Wurtzite Piezoelectrics by Boron Nitride Doping | Vladan Stevanovic, Sukriti Manna, Geoff Brennecka, Cristian Ciobanu | 8/25/2017 | 16/158,826 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| New Method of Functionalizing Fluoropolymers with Acidic Side Chains Exhibiting Improved Properties | Andrew M. Herring, Mei-Chen Kuo, Andrew R. Motz | 11/30/2017 | 10961336 | Chemical Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| Superelastic Ferroelastic Ceramics | Taylor Wilkinson, Matt Musselman, Corinne Packard | 12/22/2017 | 11027976 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| High Efficiency Solid Oxide Fuel Cell | Robert Braun, Todd Brandhauer, Daniel Olsen, Bret Windom | 3/2/2018 | 11145880 | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| System and Method of Extracting Water from Regolith on the Moon | George F. Sowers Jr., Christopher Brian Dreyer | 4/13/2018 | 16/290,076 | Mechanical Engineering | Enviroment and Water |
| Aberration Correction for Atom Probe Tomography | Brian P Gorman | 9/27/2018 | 10755891 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Software Security System 2018 | Matthew Sanders, Chuan Yue | 10/16/2018 | 11470122 | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| 3D Gaze Control of Robot for Navigation and Object Manipulation | Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li | 12/17/2018 | 10755096 | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Identification of Defects in Metal During Continuous Casting | Matthew Zappulla, Brian Thomas | 1/28/2019 | 11360039 | Mechanical Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| Compounds, Methods, And Systems For Benefication Of Rare Earth Elements By Flotation And Gravity Concentration | Alex Norgren, Nathanael Williams, Dylan Everly, Corby Anderson | 7/31/2019 | 17/392,102 | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Methods Of Making YSZ Supported Catalyst, And Methods Of Using The Same | Douglas Way, Colin Wolden, Zhenyu Zhang | 8/14/2019 | 11925921 | Chemical Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Quantum Machine Learning System Using RFQA Quantum Optimization | Eliot Kapit | 9/23/2019 | 17/027,146 | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Fuel Cell with Planar Stacking Layers | Bob Kee, Huayang Zhu | 9/23/2019 | 11996565 | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Bifunctional Catalysts and Systems and Methods for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Alkanes to Olefins and High-Valued Products | Canan Karakaya, Bob Kee, Olaf Deutschmann | 3/20/2020 | 11724247 | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Nanosuspensions of Cannabidiol for Developing Water-Dispersible Formulations | Anuj Chauhan | 5/22/2020 | 17/328,902 | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biosciences |
| Device Fingerprint-based Spoof-proof Secure Phone-as-a-Key | Dejun Yang | 10/14/2020 | 11887418 | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Error-Divisible Quantum Gates | Eliot Kapit, David Schuster | 12/31/2020 | 17/564,802 | Physics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Tunable Capacitor For Superconducting Qubits Using an InAs/InGaAs Heterostructure | Eliot Kapit, Nicholas Materise, Javad Shabani | 1/15/2021 | 17/564,789 | Physics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Advanced Systems and Methods for Leaching Rare Earths From Ore Field | Gerald Colligan, Corby Anderson | 1/15/2021 | 17/575,357 | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Method of Making Anhydrous Metal Chalcogenides | William Smith, Colin Wolden | 2/19/2021 | 17/180,479 | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Materials and Polymers |
| Single Shot Spatial Frequency Modulation Imaging (SPIFI) | John Czerski, Daniel Adams, Jeff Squier | 7/21/2021 | 17/868,562 | Physics | Photovolatics and Spectrosopy |
| Efficient Geophysical Data Acquisition Method Using Sparse Irregular Samples Based on Ergodic Sampling Theory | Mengli Zhang, Yaoguo Li | 7/30/2021 | 17/877,304 | Geophysics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Magnetite Ore Pelletizing Compositions, Devices, Systems, and Methods Using Automotive Paint Sludge as a Binder | Corby Anderson, Victoria Vaccarezza | 11/3/2021 | 17/350,729 | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Airborne Delivery of Microrobots | David Marr, Keith Neeves | 11/9/2021 | 17/983,933 | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biosciences |
| Superconducting Logical Qubit Architecture | Eliot Kapit | 7/5/2022 | 18/347,263 | Physics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Immobilized Hydrolytic Dehalogenases | Rick Holz Karla Diviesti | 12/16/2022 | 18/544,148 | Chemistry | Sensors |
| Hyperspectral Data Interpretation Using Co-Registered Datasets and Artificial Intelligence | Katharina Pfaff Thomas Monecke Amit Rotem Luis Tenorio Alexander Vidal | 2/15/2023 | 18/441,842 | Geology | Mining and Minerals |
| Rapid electrochemical mapping of energy conversion devices | Ryan O'Hayre Jake Huang | 2/24/2023 | 18/584,766 | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Optical Concentrate Monitoring Algorithm for Membrane Scaling Mitigation | Johan Vanneste Alexander Schwiebert John Arthur Bush | 3/7/2023 | 18/180,045 | Civil and Enviromental Engineering | Sensors |
| Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell System | Robert J. Braun, Alexis Dubois, Kyle J. Ferguson | 6/6/2023 | 18/329,930 | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Photobioreactor Methods and Systems for Accurate Environmental Maintenance of Biological Cultures | Devin Karns Ed Dempsey | 6/8/2023 | 63/506,996 | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biosciences, Sensors |
| Hydrogen Permeable, Intermetallic Diffusion Barriers Used in BCC Metal Membranes | Colin Wolden Adam Job Douglas Way | 6/12/2023 | 63/472,530 | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Renewable Energy |
| Methods for the Fast Approximation and Solving of Hard Optimization Problems on a Quantum Computer | Eliot Kapit | 10/31/2023 | 63/594,612 | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Characterizing and monitoring subsurface stimulated serpentinization for geologic hydrogen | Mengli Zhang Yaoguo Li | 12/20/2023 | 63/613054 | Geophysics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing |
| Copper- and Cobalt-containing Ore Processing Methods and Systems | Corby Anderson Emma Bishop Mason Brevig Luis Aguayo Torrez Erik Spiller | 2/20/2024 | 63/555,714 | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals |
| Functionalized aromatic phosphonic acids for application | Alan Sellinger Jinsong Huang (UNC) Anastasia Kuvayskaya Chengbin Fei (UNC) | 4/3/2024 | 63/574,079 | Physics | Sensors |