NanoInk licenses family of patents

Oct. 27, 2004 — Chicago-based NanoInk, Inc. has announced its exclusive license of a family of patents from the University of Illinois. The family is entitled “Nanoscale Chemical Surface Patterning Dip Pens,” according to a recent release. The family of patents adds to NanoInk’s patent portfolio, which already includes over 100 filings.

The technology licensed involves arrays of active pens for performing nanoscale lithography. It resulted from the work of Dr. Chang Liu, NanoInk scientific advisory board member and associate professor at the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. According to the release, the arrays are important for improving the flexibility and speed of the Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) process for nanofabrication, and as a result, for its possible industrial applications.

Near-term applications of the DPN process include nanoscale brand protection, nanoscale additive repair, and nanoscale rapid prototyping.

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