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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Wei Chen, Stillwater, OK (US);
Inventor:
Wei Chen, Stillwater, OK (US);
Assignee:
Nomadics, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/78 (2006.01); C09K 11/54 (2006.01); C09K 11/61 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates in general to nanoparticles exhibiting luminescence such as photostimulated luminescence or photoluminescence and optical switching processes based upon such properties, in more particular, the use of such photostimulated luminescence exhibiting nanoparticles and switching nanoparticle for optical storage apparatuses and sensors as well as methods of making and using same.