COMSET Patents
Patents, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurial Activities
Listed below are COMSET patents and patent applications. Greater detail on selected technologies is available here.
Download Clemson Optic and Laser Technologies highlights of emerging technologies developed at Clemson University. For more details or for licensing opportunities, please contact the Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF) at 864-656-4237.
Issued Patents
| Title | Status | Patent No. | |
| Fluoropolymers and Methods of Applying Fluoropolymers in Molding Processes | Issued | 6,649,715 | |
| Diffraction Devices and Methods | Issued | 6,689,855 | |
| Fluoropolymers and Methods of Applying Fluoropolymers in Molding Processes | Issued | 6,696,534 | |
| Robust Metrics for Encapsulation of Crystalline Colloidal Arrays (CCA) for Optical Applications | Issued | 6,946,086 | |
| Optical Fiber Amplifier with Fully Integrated Pump Source | Issued | 6,947,208 | |
| Semi-Fluorinated Copolymer Solutions, Manufacture & Optical Applications Thereof | Issued | 6,953,653 | |
| Resonant Circuit Sensor for PPM Level Gas Detection | Issued | 6,997,039 | |
| Polymerized Crystalline Colloidal Array Composites Having Tunable Radiation Diffracting Properties | Issued | 7,008,567 | |
| Plasmon-Photon Coupled Optical Devices | Issued | 7,110,154 | |
| Novel Synthesis Process for Carbon Nanotube Y Junction | Issued | 7,144,563 | |
| Hydrothermal Growth of YV04 and Doped YV04 Single crystals | Issued | 7,211,234 | |
| Fluoropolymer Carbon Nanotube Composites | Issued | 7,265,174 | |
| Acentric Lanthanide Borate Crystals, Method for Making & Applications Thereof | Issued | 7,374,616 | |
| Surface Plasmons of Carbon Nanotubes for Imaging and Sensing | Issued | 7,456,972 | |
| Materials For Freezing Light | Issued | 7,463,329 | |
| Hydrothermal Growth of Rhombohedral Potassium Fluoroberyllium Borate Crystals for Use in Laser and Non-Linear Optical Applications and Devices | Issued | 7,540,917 B2 | |
| Hydrothermal Growth of Large Single Crystals of Lanthanide Oxides, Ln203 (La=Sc, Y-Yb, Ln) | Issued | 7,563,320 | |
| Essentially Water Free Polymerized Crystalline Colloidal Array Composites Having Tunable Radiation Diffracting Properties | Issued | 7,582,231 | |
| Hydrothermal Growth of Hexagonal Beryllium Borate Crystals for Use in Laser and Briefringent Applications and Devices | Issued | 7,591,896 | |
| Method & Apparatus for Detecting Resonance in an Electrostaticly Driven Elements | Issued | 7,598,723 | |
| Waveguide-pumping Gain-guided Index Antiguided Fiber Lasers | Issued | 7,668,211 | |
| Synthesis of Novel Monomers Containing the Trifluorovinylidene group and the Cyanto Group and Polymers Thereof | Issued | 7,674,876 | |
| Fluorinated Lactide-Based Polymers | Issued | 7,695,795 | |
| Rhombohedral Fluoroberyllium Borate Crystals and Hydrothermal Growth Thereof for use in Laser and Non-linear Optical Applications and Devices | Issued | 7,731,795 | |
| Halogen containing-polymer nanocomposite compositions, methods, and products employing such compositions | Issued | 7,750,071 | |
| Process for Preparing Carbon Nanostructures with Tailored Properties and Products Utilizing Same | Issued | 7,754,183 | |
| Fluorinated Aryl Ether Polymers Exhibiting Dual Fluoroolefin Functionality and Methods of Forming Same | Issued | 7,754,837 | |
| Substrate Patterning by Electron Emission-induced Displacement | Issued | 7,818,816 | |
| Halogen containing-polymer nanocomposite compositions, methods, and products employing such compositions | Issued | 7,750,071 | |
| Fluoropolymer Carbon Nanotube Compositions, Methods and Products Employing Such Compositions | Issued | 7,834,077 | |
| Electrochromic Inks Including Conducting Polymer Colloidal Nanocomposites, Devices Including the Electrochromic Inks and Methods of Forming Same | Issued | 7,785,496 | |
| Color-tailored Polymer Light Emitting Diodes Including Emissive Colloidal Particles and Method of Forming Same | Issued | 8,003,008 | |
| Non-Linear Electrical Actuation and Detection | Notice of Allowance | ||
Patents Applications
| Title | Country | Status | Serial No. | |
| 06-009 | Rhombohedral Fluoroberyllium Borate Crystals and Hydrothermal Growth Thereof for Use in Laser and Non-Linear Optical Applications and Devices | US | Filed | 12/660,540 |
| 06-034 | Conducting Polymer Ink | US | Filed | 12/293,826 |
| 08-020 | Fiber-based Biosensors for use in Detecting the Presence of a Biologically Active Substance | US | Filed | 13/061,134 |
| 08-024 | Frequency Domain Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Based on a Flexible Optical Fiber Bundle | US | Filed | 12/902,366 |
| 08-029 | Optical Fiber Systems and Methods | KO | Filed | 10-2010-7021655 |
| 08-029 | Optical Fiber Systems and Methods | US | Filed | 12/989,326 |
| 08-029 | Magnetic-Optic Core Fiber and Applications | JP | Filed | 2010-548911 |
| 08-029 | Optical Fiber Systems and Methods | DE | Filed | DE 11 2009 000 467.9 |
| 09-030 | Method to Reduce Insertion Losses in Optical Fibers | US | Filed | 61/622,056 |
| 09-055 | Heterogeneous Single Garnet Based Crystals for Passive Q-Switched Lasers and Microlasers and Method for Forming Same | US | Filed | 12/832,108 |
| 09-056 | Heterogeneous Single Vanadate Based Crystals for Passive Q-Switched Lasers and Microlasers and Method for Forming Same | US | Filed | 12/832,115 |
| 2010-019 | Tailored Energy Transfer in Doped Optical Composites | US | Filed | 13/158,803 |
| 2010-022 | Functionalized Chromophoric Polymer Dots and Bioconjugates Thereof | PC | Filed | PCT/US2010/056079 |
| 2010-023 | Microplasma Jet Devices Using Flexible Optical Fibers and Cell Culturable Microcapillary Tubes | US | Filed | 13/053,885 |
| 2010-024 | Streak Mode Doppler Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography | US | Filed | 13/069,462 |
| 2010-043 | Diode Laser | US | Filed | 13/478,392 |
| 2010-050 | Optically Transparent Composites by Index-matching Through Particle Shelling | US | Filed | 13/460,886 |
| 2010-051 | Hydrothermal Growth of Heterogeneous Single Crystals for Solid State Laser Applications | US | Filed | 12/832,119 |
| 2010-064 | High Density Atmospheric Plasma Jet Devices by Jet-to-Jet Interaction | US | Filed | 61/648,276 |
| 2010-081 | Implantable Magnetic/Electromagnetic Fibers | US | Filed | 13/275,923 |
| 2011-011 | X-ray Excited Optical Materials & Methods for High Resolution Chemical Imaging | US | Filed | 13/612,061 |
| 2011-014 | Protein Activated Near-infrared Fluorescence of Nanoparticles Surface Modified with Indocyanine Green: Applications in Photodynamic Therapy | US | Filed | 61/607,660 |
| 2011-061 | High Purity Crystalline Core Optical Fibers and Formation Methods Thereof | US | Filed | 13/446,525 |
| 2011-063 | Internal Gradient Doping of Single Crystals Hosts with Lasing Ions | US | Filed | 61/663,077 |
| 2011-108 | Hydrothermal Growth of Laser Crystals with Reduced Amplified Spontaneous Emission | US | Filed | 61/663,090 |
| 2012-018 | Optical Strain Gauges and Orthopedic Screws for Imaging Through Tissue | US | Filed | 61/680,419 |
| 2013-023 | High Average Power Laser Mirror Using a Guided Mode Resonance Design | US | Filed | 13/487,104 |
| 09-076 | Optical Fibers Incorporated with Nanoparticles for Radiation Detection | US | Under Review | n/a |
| 2011-001 | Fluorescent Nanoparticles with Improved Brightness and Fade-resistance and Methods for Preparing Such Nanoparticles | US | Under Review | |
| 2011-094 | All Solid Large Core Photonic Bandgap Fibers for Use in Optical Fiber Lasers | US | Under Review | |
| 2012-082 | An Brillouin Athermal Optical Fiber | US | Under Review | |
| 2012-083 | A Post-processing Method for the Suppression of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) in Optical Fibers | Under Review | ||
| 2012-074 | Method for Defining Three-dimensional Spatial Variations in Nanocrystals within Glass for Gradient Index Optics | Under Review | ||
| 2013-046 | Small-molecule Modified Nanoparticles for the Quarantine of Overexpressed Proteins: An Application for Cancer Therapeutics Targeting the Apoptosis Signaling Pathway | Under Review |
Entrepreneurial Activities
To date, COMSET technologies have led to two startup companies.
Advanced Photonic Crystals
Advanced Photonic Crystals mission is to provide the highest quality single crystals for optical processes grown by a low temperature hydrothermal method. Products include KTP, Nd:YVO4, KBBF among others.
Tetramer Technologies
Founded in 2001 as a faculty startup company commercializing high value optical polymer research activities pursued at Clemson University, Tetramer Technologies has now evolved into a company with 26 employees in six major technology platforms:
- Perflurocyclobutyl (PFCB) Optical Monomers and Polymers
- Nanocomposite Developmental Research
- Polymeric Membranes
- Biorenewable Materials
- Piezoelectric Polymers
- High Temperature Fiber Coatings
Tetramer has achieved success by focusing on the development of applied materials through the design and synthesis of unique molecular architectures that meet targeted customers' desired properties. With a focus on joint research and development relationships, Tetramer works with partners to determine mutual commercial value with the shortest time to market.
