Inventor

Gang Chen

Inventor

Carlisle, MA, US

Overview

2001–2020

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 74 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H10Nprimary

H10NElectric solid-state devices not otherwise provided for9%

H01LSemiconductor devices8%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution5%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus5%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures4%

C01BNon-metallic elements4%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests4%

C01PIndexing scheme relating to structural and physical aspects of solid inorganic compounds3%

F24SSolar heat collectors3%

C02FTreatment of water, waste water, sewage, or sludge2%

PatentTitleYear

10,870,784System for direct electrical charging and storage of thermal energy for power plants2020 10,858,917Expandable liner hanger2020 10,823,652Triaxial high temperature and high pressure rock mechanics load test platform2020 10,818,832Fabrication of stable electrode/diffusion barrier layers for thermoelectric filled skutterudite devices2020 10,763,377Bifacial P-type PERC solar cell and module, system, and preparation method thereof2020 10,533,777Selective solar absorbers with tuned oxygen deficiency and methods of fabrication thereof2020 10,427,345Continuous fabrication system and method for highly aligned polymer films2019 10,433,037Protective apparatus for sound-absorbing particles in sounding apparatus2019 10,283,690Formation of P-type filled skutterudite by ball-milling and thermo-mechanical processing2019 D0846490Solar cell2019 D0846491Solar cell2019 10,234,172Localized solar collectors2019 D0837729Double-side solar cell2019 10,119,952Inline water contaminant detector and filter2018 D0830963Double-side solar cell2018 D0830962Double-side solar cell2018 10,048,242Inline water contaminant detector2018 10,043,932Internally-heated thermal and externally-cool photovoltaic cascade solar energy system for full solar spectrum utilization2018 9,972,760Formation of p-type filled skutterudite by ball-milling and thermo-mechanical processing2018 9,951,446Infrared transparent visible opaque fabrics2018 9,929,690'Spectrally-engineered solar thermal photovoltaic devices'2018 9,917,221'Solar power conversion system with directionally- and spectrally-selective properties based on a reflective cavity'2018 9,905,744'Systems and methods for the synthesis of high thermoelectric performance doped-SnTe materials'2018 9,828,251Silica aerogels and their preparation2017 9,722,164'Fabrication of stable electrode/diffusion barrier layers for thermoelectric filled skutterudite devices'2017 9,719,697'Gradient SiNO anti-reflective layers in solar selective coatings'2017 9,559,388'Electrochemical systems configured to harvest heat energy'2017 9,459,024'Localized solar collectors'2016 9,428,404'Water extraction using a directional solvent'2016 9,391,255'Multistage thick film thermoelectric devices'2016 9,306,145'Methods of synthesizing thermoelectric materials'2016 9,209,378'Fabrication of stable electrode/diffusion barrier layers for thermoelectric filled skutterudite devices'2015 9,190,808'Active optical assembly having heat sink structure'2015 9,139,445'Method for co-producing alumina and activated calcium silicate from high-alumina fly ash'2015 9,109,846'Polymer sheets and other bodies having oriented chains and method and apparatus for producing same'2015 9,109,600'Two-stage medium-pressure screw-type air compressor set'2015 9,099,601'Thermoelectric materials and methods for synthesis thereof'2015 9,073,759'Silica aerogels and their preparation'2015 9,076,712'Solid state cloaking for electrical charge carrier mobility control'2015 9,048,004'Half-heusler alloys with enhanced figure of merit and methods of making'2015 9,016,286'Method and equipment for adding tobacco dust into papermaking tobacco sheet'2015 9,011,763'Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit'2015 9,012,849'Direct and quantitative broadband absorptance spectroscopy with multilayer cantilever probes'2015 8,883,047'Thermoelectric skutterudite compositions and methods for producing the same'2014 8,865,995'Methods for high figure-of-merit in nanostructured thermoelectric materials'2014 8,664,138'Regenerating method for activated alumina used in regenerating working fluid of hydrogen peroxide'2014 8,664,137'Regenerating method for activated alumina used in regenerating working fluid of hydrogen peroxide'2014 8,580,100'Metal deposition using seed layers'2013 8,501,007'Water desalination using directional solvent extraction'2013 8,365,539'System and method for thermal process including a thermoelectric heat pump and internal heat exchanger'2013 8,309,838'Potential amplified nonequilibrium thermal electric device (PANTEC)'2012 8,293,168'Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit'2012 8,192,643'Graphite microfluids'2012 8,168,879'Solar thermoelectric conversion'2012 8,119,007'Water desalination using directional solvent extraction'2012 8,007,637'Method for producing flue-cured type tobacco sheet by papermaking process'2011 7,591,913'Thermoelectric properties by high temperature annealing'2009 7,586,033'Metal-doped semiconductor nanoparticles and methods of synthesis thereof'2009 D0591647'Automobile'2009 7,508,110'Surface plasmon coupled nonequilibrium thermoelectric devices'2009 7,471,448'Surface phonon-polariton raman laser'2008 7,465,871'Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit'2008 7,388,895'Corner-pumping method and gain module for high power slab laser'2008 7,255,846'Methods for synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals and thermoelectric compositions'2007 6,846,113'Packaging for high power pump laser modules'2005 6,697,541'Amplitude tunable filter'2004 6,546,167'Tunable grating optical device'2003 6,459,487'System and method for fabricating components of precise optical path length'2002 6,411,746'Thermally tunable optical devices'2002 6,356,681'Method and apparatus for trimming the optical path length of optical fiber components'2002 6,347,175'Solderable thin film'2002 6,307,990'Methods and apparatuses for packaging long-period fiber gratings'2001 6,301,410'Methods and apparatusses for packaging long-period fiber gratings'2001 6,269,207'Methods and apparatusses for packaging long-period fiber gratings'2001

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2001–2004Patents assigned to CORNING INC (8)· patent assignee history

2001–2004Based in Horseheads, NY, US· patent location history

2003–2015Based in Walnut, CA, US· patent location history

2007–2016Patents assigned to TRUSTEES BOSTON COLLEGE (12)· patent assignee history

2007–2020Based in Carlisle, MA, US· patent location history

2008–2020Patents assigned to MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY (42)· patent assignee history

2009–2018Patents assigned to CHEN GANG (22)· patent assignee history

2015–2020Patents assigned to UNIV HOUSTON SYSTEM (8)· patent assignee history

2015–2020Based in Cambridge, MA, US· patent location history

2018–2019Based in Guangdong, CN· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY	42	2008–2020
CHEN GANGself	22	2009–2018
TRUSTEES BOSTON COLLEGE	12	2007–2016
CORNING INC	8	2001–2004
UNIV HOUSTON SYSTEM	8	2015–2020

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Carlisle, Massachusetts, US	36	2007–2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US	8	2015–2020
Horseheads, New York, US	7	2001–2004
Guangdong, CN	5	2018–2019
Walnut, California, US	3	2003–2015