DR. ERIC MCFARLAND, MD
Osteopathic Medicine in Santa Barbara, CA

6774300, Aug 10, 2004

Jan 25, 2002

10/057223

Eric W. McFarland - Santa Barbara CA

Adrena, Inc. - Santa Barbara CA

H01L 3104

136255, 136256, 136263, 136252, 257 40, 257 43, 257437, 257449, 257461, 257431, 257453

An apparatus and method for solar energy production comprises a multi-layer solid-state structure including a photosensitive layer, a thin conductor, a charge separation layer, and a back ohmic conductor, wherein light absorption occurs in a photosensitive layer and the charge carriers produced thereby are transported through the thin conductor through the adjacent potential energy barrier. The open circuit voltage of the solar cell can be manipulated by choosing from among a wide selection of materials making up the thin conductor, the charge separation layer, and the back ohmic layer.

6494079, Dec 17, 2002

Mar 7, 2001

09/800819

Leonid Matsiev - Cupertino CA
James Bennett - Santa Clara CA
Eric McFarland - Santa Barbara CA

Symyx Technologies, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

G01N 910

73 2405, 73 2406, 73 3004, 73 3106, 73 32 A, 73 5426, 73 5441, 73 6149, 73 6175, 73 6179, 73579

A method and apparatus for measuring properties of a fluid composition in a conduit includes a mechanical resonator connected to a measurement circuit. The measurement circuit provides a variable frequency input signal to the mechanical resonator, causing the mechanical resonator to oscillate. The input signal is then sent to the mechanical resonator and swept over a selected frequency range. The mechanical resonators response over the frequency range depends on various characteristics of the fluid being tested, such as the temperature, viscosity, and other physical properties.

2005000, Jan 13, 2005

Aug 6, 2004

10/913569

Eric McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US
Earl Danielson - Santa Barbara CA, US
William Archibald - Foster City CA, US

C12Q001/68, G01N033/53, G01N033/543

435006000, 435007100, 436518000

Methods and apparatus for screening diverse arrays of materials are provided. In particular, techniques for rapidly characterizing compounds in arrays of materials in order to discover and/or optimize new materials with specific desired properties are provided The substrate can be screened for materials having useful properties, and/or the resulting materials can be ranked, or otherwise compared, for relative performance with respect to useful properties or other characterizations. In particular, systems and methods are provided for screening a library of magnetic materials for their bulk magnetization, saturation magnetizaton, and coercivity by imaging their individual optical Kerr rotation, screening a library of dielectric materials for their dielectric coefficients by imaging their individual electro-optical rotation and screening a library of luminescent materials by imaging their individual luminescent properties under a variety of excitation conditions. Optical or visible luminescence systems are also provided as well as their application to screening libraries of different materials.

2003003, Feb 13, 2003

Aug 27, 2002

10/228677

Eric McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US
Earl Danielson - Santa Barbara CA, US
Martin Devenney - Mountain View CA, US
Christopher Warren - Mountain View CA, US

SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES

C25C003/16, G01F001/64

436/518000, 205/777500, 204/228600

Methods and apparatus are provided for the preparation of a substrate having an array of diverse materials, the materials being deposited at spatially addressable, predefined regions. In particular, potential masking systems are provided which generate spatially and temporally varying electric, magnetic and chemical potentials across a substrate. These varying potentials are used to deposit components of source materials onto a substrate in a combinatorial fashion, thus creating arrays of materials that differ slightly in chemical composition, concentration, stoichiometry, and/or thickness. The diverse materials may be organized in discrete arrays, or they may vary continuously over the surface of the substrate. The shape of the potential allows the determination of the composition of the resulting materials at all locations on the substrate.

2009000, Jan 1, 2009

Feb 29, 2008

12/074084

Eric W. McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US
Horia Metiu - Santa Barbara CA, US
Steven K. Burotto - Goleta CA, US
Asanga Devinda Ranasinghe - Henderson NV, US

H01M 4/86, H01M 4/88

429 40, 427457

An electrochemical device, such as a fuel cell, and method of forming it, in which electrodes, such as anode and cathode, are disposed on a semipermeable or permeable membrane having ion conduction channels. Electrocatalyst is deposited on locations on the electrodes limited to and corresponding to the ion conduction channels. In a first embodiment, anode and cathode electrodes sandwich the membrane, a counter electrode is connected to one of the electrodes, electrolyte containing an electrochemical precursor to the electrocatalyst is applied to the other electrode whereby, upon applying current to the counter electrode, electrocatalyst is deposited on locations on the first electrode corresponding to the ion conduction channels. The process is repeated with the counter electrode connected on the other electrode of the cell. In a second embodiment, a combination of a first electrode and a first membrane is assembled as is a combination of a second electrode and a second membrane. A counter electrode and electrolyte containing an electrochemical precursor to the electrocatalyst are separately applied to the first combination, then the second combination whereby, upon applying current to the counter electrodes, electrocatalyst is deposited on locations on the first and second electrodes corresponding to the ion conduction channels. The surfaces of the first and second membranes are joined opposite their respective electrodes to a porous coupling layer to form the electrochemical device.

6956163, Oct 18, 2005

Aug 20, 2003

10/645747

Eric W. McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US

Adrena, Inc. - Carpinteria CA

H01L031/04

136255, 136256, 136263, 136252, 136249, 257 40, 257 43, 257437, 257449, 257461, 257431, 257453

An apparatus and method for solar energy production comprises a multi-layer solid-state structure including a photosensitive layer, a thin conductor, a charge separation layer, and a back ohmic conductor, wherein light absorption occurs in a photosensitive layer and the charge carriers produced thereby are transported through the thin conductor through the adjacent potential energy barrier. The open circuit voltage of the solar cell can be manipulated by choosing from among a wide selection of materials making up the thin conductor, the charge separation layer, and the back ohmic layer.

7579510, Aug 25, 2009

Feb 5, 2007

11/703358

Sagar B. Gadewar - Goleta CA, US
Michael D. Wyrsta - Santa Barbara CA, US
Philip Grosso - Auburn CA, US
Aihua Zhang - Santa Barbara CA, US
Eric W. McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US
Zachary J. A. Komon - Goleta CA, US
Jeffrey H. Sherman - Sebastian FL, US

GRT, Inc. - Santa Barbara CA

C07C 2/88, C07C 2/86

585310, 585943

An improved continuous process for converting methane, natural gas, or other hydrocarbon feedstocks into one or more higher hydrocarbons or olefins by continuously cycling through the steps of alkane halogenation, product formation (carbon-carbon coupling), product separation, and regeneration of halogen is provided. Preferably, the halogen is continually recovered by reacting hydrobromic acid with air or oxygen. The invention provides an efficient route to aromatic compounds, aliphatic compounds, mixtures of aliphatic and aromatic compounds, olefins, gasoline grade materials, and other useful products.

2006002, Feb 2, 2006

Jul 30, 2004

10/902990

Eric McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US

B32B 9/00, H01T 14/00

428408000, 427580000

A method of preparing a fullerene-containing material by electrodepositing the material onto a substrate from a fullerene-derivative in solution or from a medium comprising water and a fullerene derivative. The substrate can be coated with a metal or metal compound to prepare a fullerene-doped metal thin film. In a further embodiment, a metal and fullerene-containing thin film is simultaneously electrodeposited onto a substrate from a medium comprising a fullerene derivative and an electrolyte composition suitable for electrodepositing a metal or metal compound.

2003006, Apr 10, 2003

Nov 19, 2002

10/298440

Jeffrey Sherman - Sebastian FL, US
Eric McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US

C07C027/10, C07C035/08

568/694000, 568/800000, 568/822000, 568/910000

A reactant selected from the group consisting of alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics is reacted with a metal halide to form the halide of the reactant and reduced metal. The reduced metal is oxidized to form metal oxide. The metal oxide is reacted with the halide of the reactant to produce the alcohol and/or the ether corresponding to the reactant and the original metal halide which is recycled.

7838708, Nov 23, 2010

Jan 25, 2010

12/692831

Jeffrey H. Sherman - Vero Beach FL, US
Eric W. McFarland - Santa Barbara CA, US
Michael J. Weiss - Santa Barbara CA, US
Ivan Marc Lorkovic - Santa Barbara CA, US
Leroy E. Laverman - Santa Barbara CA, US
Shouli Sun - Santa Barbara CA, US
Dieter J. Schaefer - Goleta CA, US
Galen D. Stucky - Santa Barbara CA, US
Peter C. Ford - Santa Barbara CA, US
Philip Grosso - Auburn CA, US
Ashley W. Breed - Goleta CA, US
Michael F. Doherty - Santa Barbara CA, US

GRT, Inc. - Santa Barbara CA
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

C07C 29/48, C07C 29/58

568893, 568910, 5689105

Improvements in previously disclosed methods of and apparatuses for converting alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics to olefins, alcohols, ethers, and aldehydes includes: safety improvements, use of alternative feedstocks, process simplification, improvements to the halogenation step, improvements to the reproportionation step, improvements to the solid oxide reaction, improvements to solid oxide regeneration, improvements in separations, maintenance, start-up, shut-down, and materials of construction.