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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:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Richard M. Crooks, College Station, TX (US);
LI Sun, College Station, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard M. Crooks, College Station, TX (US);
Li Sun, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 27/28 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); B01D 61/00 (2006.01); F17D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment an apparatus includes a membrane and at least a portion of a nanotube imbedded within the membrane. The portion of the nanotube imbedded within the membrane provides a conduit through the membrane.