Fullerene Patent Database

1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of fullerenes!

Welcome to the Fullerene Patent Database, a comprehensive Internet archive of patents related to buckyballs, nanotubes, and other fullerenes. This database is brought to you by the laboratory of Prof. M. S. Dresselhaus, at M.I.T.

Currently, only U.S. Patents are available here. The patents are listed in chronological order. Clicking on a patent number will bring up the abstract of that patent (courtesy the CNIDR/USPTO U.S. Patent Bibliographic Database). Note that you will need a table-capable browser (such as Netscape Navigator) in order to properly display the abstracts. For some patents, the full text is available, accessible by clicking on the patent's title.

Future plans: Within the next few months, this database will be made searchable; a table of patents classified by subject area (synthesis/production, chemicals, superconductivity, biological/medical applications, etc.) will be made available; and missing abstracts and full text for the rest of the patents will be added. We are planning to add a smaller database of foreign fullerene-related patents shortly.

We welcome your feedback at pevzner@mgm.mit.edu.
While you are here at MGM, why not visit The Nobel Prize Internet Archive or find out about ``Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes''?

1996

  1. 5,580,612 - Process for production of layer element containing at least one monomolecular layer of an amphiphilic molecule and one fullerene
  2. 5,561,102 - Inter-halogen-doped superconductive fullerenes
  3. 5,561,026 - Photosensitive materials comprising fullerene
  4. 5,558,915 - High-voltage installation
  5. 5,558,903 - Method for coating fullerene materials for tribology
  6. 5,556,517 - Solar process for making fullerenes
  7. 5,554,751 - Aminoureidofullerene and aminothioureidofullerene derivatives and process for the preparation thereof
  8. 5,547,774 - Molecular recording/reproducing method and recording medium
  9. 5,547,748 - Carbon nanoencapsulates
  10. 5,543,378 - Carbon nanostructures encapsulating palladium
  11. 5,538,763 - Method of preparing carbon cluster film having electrical conductivity
  12. 5,534,232 - Apparatus for reactions in dense-medium plasmas
  13. 5,523,438 - Metal-fullerene intercalation compounds, process for their preparation and use as catalysts
  14. 5,516,500 - Formation of diamond materials by rapid-heating and rapid-quenching of carbon-containing materials
  15. 5,510,098 - CVD method of producing and doping fullerenes
  16. 5,505,879 - Charge transfer complexes
  17. 5,503,643 - Substituted fullerenes as flow improvers
  18. 5,494,558 - Production of fullerenes by sputtering
  19. 5,493,094 - Preparation of fullerenes and apparatus therefor
  20. 5,491,579 - Broadband thermal optical limiter for the protection of eyes and sensors
  21. 5,487,831 - Recognition and separation of carbon clusters

1995

  1. 5,475,172 - Process for fullerene functionalization
  2. 5,470,680 - Electrochemical fullerene system
  3. 5,462,776 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamonds
  4. 5,462,680 - Free radical adducts of fullerenes with hydrocarbons and polymers
  5. 5,458,742 - Isolation of fullerenes
  6. 5,457,343 - Carbon nanotubule enclosing a foreign material
  7. 5,454,961 - Substituted fullerenes as flow improvers
  8. 5,454,880 - Conjugated polymer-acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells
  9. 5,453,413 - Phototransformation of fullerenes
  10. 5,449,812 - Intermediates for the preparation of phenylsulfonylurea herbicides and plant growth regulators
  11. 5,449,491 - Method of producing diamond crystals from metallfullerite matrix and resulting product
  12. 5,447,796 - Magnetic recording medium comprising a solid lubrication layer of fullerene carbon having an alkyl or allyl chain
  13. 5,445,759 - Preparation of electrorheological fluids using fullerenes and other crystals having fullerene-like anisotropic electrical properties
  14. 5,424,054 - Carbon fibers and method for their production
  15. 5,420,746 - Single electron device including clusters of pure carbon atoms
  16. 5,420,371 - Hydrocarbon processing using fullerene catalysts
  17. 5,420,081 - Preparation of fullerene/glass composites
  18. 5,416,243 - Cyclofluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
  19. 5,416,188 - Polysubstituted fullerenes and their preparation (C-2608)
  20. 5,403,484 - Viruses expressing chimeric binding proteins
  21. 5,401,975 - Method for constructing a carbon molecule and structures of carbon molecules
  22. 5,400,136 - Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) dosimeter and probe
  23. 5,395,589 - Apparatus for rapid and specific detection of organic vapors
  24. 5,395,496 - Process for the synthesis of fullerenes
  25. 5,393,955 - Preparation of fullerenes and apparatus therefor
  26. 5,393,572 - Ion beam assisted method of producing a diamond like carbon coating
  27. 5,391,329 - Process for making a solid optical limiter containing a graded distribution of reverse saturable material
  28. 5,391,323 - Conductivity in carbonaceous compounds and devices using such compounds
  29. 5,386,048 - Hydrosilylation of fullerenes
  30. 5,384,078 - Soluble highly reactive form of calcium and reagents thereof
  31. 5,382,719 - Fluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
  32. 5,382,718 - Cyclofluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
  33. 5,380,703 - Halogen-doped superconductive fullerenes
  34. 5,380,595 - Carbon cluster film having electrical conductivity and method of preparing the same

1994

  1. 5,376,690 - Metallospheres and superclusters
  2. 5,376,353 - Method for the production of H2O2 using Fullerenes
  3. 5,374,463 - Magnetic recording disk having a contiguous fullerene film and a protective overcoat
  4. 5,372,798 - Fullerene compositions and preparation
  5. 5,370,855 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamond
  6. 5,368,890 - Coating process for depositing extremely hard films on substrates
  7. 5,367,051 - Amine-containing polymerizable monomers and polymers functionalized with fullerenes to provide polymers with high temperature stability
  8. 5,364,993 - Selective functionalization of fullerenes
  9. 5,361,148 - Apparatus for photorefractive two beam coupling
  10. 5,360,477 - Method for forming diamond and apparatus for forming the same
  11. 5,358,659 - Magnetic materials with single-domain and multidomain crystallites and a method of preparation
  12. 5,357,040 - Fine poweders of ketone-containing aromatic polymers and process of manufacture
  13. 5,356,872 - Method of making high Tc superconducting thin films with fullerenes by evaporation
  14. 5,354,926 - Fluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
  15. 5,351,151 - Optical filter using microlens arrays
  16. 5,350,794 - Aliphatic polyamide compositions and fibers
  17. 5,350,569 - Storage of nuclear materials by encapsulation in fullerenes
  18. 5,348,936 - Metal-doped fullerenes and synthetic methods therefor
  19. 5,347,024 - Preparation of addition polymerization catalysts via Lewis acid mitigated metal center oxidation
  20. 5,346,683 - Uncapped and thinned carbon nanotubes and process
  21. 5,341,639 - Fullerene rocket fuels
  22. 5,340,716 - Assay method utilizing photoactivated chemiluminescent label
  23. 5,338,571 - Method of forming self-assembled, mono- and multi-layer fullerene film and coated substrates produced thereby
  24. 5,338,529 - Recognition and separation of carbon clusters
  25. 5,336,828 - Hydrocarbon processing using fullerene catalysts
  26. 5,334,351 - Sensor for detecting analytes in a fluid medium
  27. 5,332,723 - Superconducting thin film with fullerenes and method of making
  28. 5,331,183 - Conjugated polymer - acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells
  29. 5,328,676 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamond
  30. 5,325,227 - Laser attenuation means
  31. 5,325,002 - Trapped-field, superconducting, induction-synchronous motor/generator having improved startup torque
  32. 5,324,495 - Method of making metal fulleride
  33. 5,323,376 - Atomic scale electronic switch
  34. 5,322,756 - Magnetic fluids and method of preparation
  35. 5,319,518 - Solid/gas double layer capacitor and electrical storage device
  36. 5,317,058 - Microwave-absorbing materials containing polar icosahedral molecular units and methods of making the same
  37. 5,316,636 - Production of fullerenes by electron beam evaporation
  38. 5,310,669 - Fullerene coated surfaces and uses thereof
  39. 5,310,532 - Purification of fullerenes
  40. 5,308,661 - Pretreatment process for forming a smooth surface diamond film on a carbon-coated substrate
  41. 5,308,481 - Chemically bound fullerenes to resin and silica supports and their use as stationary phases for chromatography
  42. 5,307,187 - Liquid crystal element with higher resistivity in the encapsulation medium than in the liquid crystal
  43. 5,304,366 - Process and apparatus for producing and separating fullerenes
  44. 5,302,681 - Polymerization inhibition by fullerenes
  45. 5,302,474 - Fullerene-containing cathodes for solid electrochemical cells
  46. 5,300,203 - Process for making fullerenes by the laser evaporation of carbon
  47. 5,296,543 - Aromatic polyamide compositions and fibers
  48. 5,296,536 - Polymer based articles having increased structural rigidity
  49. 5,294,732 - Polysubstituted fullerenes and their preparation
  50. 5,294,600 - Superconducting material comprising Rb.sub.x Cs.sub.y C.sub.60.
  51. 5,292,813 - Fullerene-grafted polymers and processes of making
  52. 5,292,444 - Lube oil compositions containing fullerene-grafted polymers
  53. 5,289,150 - Method and apparatus for superconducting trapped-field energy storage and power stabilization
  54. 5,288,555 - Composites with interphases and method of making the same
  55. 5,288,342 - Solid metal-carbon matrix of metallofullerites and method of forming same
  56. 5,281,653 - Fullerene-polymer compositions
  57. 5,281,406 - Recovery of C.sub.60 and C.sub.70 buckminsterfullerenes from carbon soot by supercritical fluid extraction and their separation by adsorption chromatography
  58. 5,278,239 - Anionically polymerized polymers coupled with fullerenes
  59. 5,277,996 - Fuel cell electrode and method for producing same
  60. 5,276,085 - Aromatic polyamide compositions and fibers
  61. 5,275,705 - Process for making fullerenes

1993

  1. 5,271,890 - Method for producing carbon allotrope
  2. 5,273,729 - Combustion method for producing fullerenes
  3. 5,273,788 - Preparation of diamond and diamond-like films
  4. 5,270,394 - Anionically polymerized polymers coupled with fullerenes
  5. 5,269,953 - Synthetic carbon allotropes: graphite intercalated with buckminsterfullerenes
  6. 5,258,048 - Fuel compositions comprising fullerenes
  7. 5,250,378 - Charge transfer complexes and photoconductive compositions containing fullerenes
  8. 5,248,498 - Fullerene compositions for magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging
  9. 5,239,820 - Electric propulsion using C.sub.60 molecules
  10. 5,234,475 - Hydrocarbon fuels having one or more fullerenes therein as indentification media
  11. 5,234,474 - Fuel compositions comprising fullerenes
  12. 5,232,810 - Toner composition comprising fullerene
  13. 5,227,038 - Electric arc process for making fullerenes
  14. 5,225,495 - Conductive polymer film formation using initiator pretreatment
  15. 5,223,479 - Process for preparing alkali metal-doped fullerenes
  16. 5,223,409 - Directed evolution of novel binding proteins
  17. 5,215,841 - Electrophotographic imaging member with overcoatings containing fullerenes
  18. 5,211,889 - Soluble highly reactive form of calcium and reagents thereof
  19. 5,209,916 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamond
  20. 5,196,396 - Method of making a superconducting fullerene composition by reacting a fullerene with an alloy containing alkali metal
  21. 5,188,918 - Toner and developer compositions comprising fullerene
  22. 5,182,166 - Wear-resistant composite structure of vitreous carbon containing convoluted fibers
  23. 5,178,980 - Photoconductive imaging members with a fullerene compound
  24. 5,177,248 - Process of forming polysubstituted fullerenes

1992

  1. 5,172,278 - Buckminsterfullerenes for optical limiters
  2. 5,171,373 - Devices involving photo behavior of fullerenes
  3. 5,166,919 - Atomic scale electronic switch
  4. 5,166,248 - (Polysubstituted fullerenes)
  5. 5,156,003 - Magnetic refrigerator
  6. 5,132,105 - Materials with diamond-like properties and method and means for manufacturing them
  7. 5,120,669 - (Surface coating)
  8. 5,114,477 - Liquid ink compositions
  9. 4,922,827 - (Ballistic missile shield)

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