Patents on making fullerenes 1993 to 1996, in 1996 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of Fullerenes:
www.godunov.com/Bucky/patents.html1996
1. 5,580,612 - Process for production of layer element containing at least one monomolecular layer of an amphiphilic molecule and one fullerene
2. 5,561,102 - Inter-halogen-doped superconductive fullerenes
3. 5,561,026 - Photosensitive materials comprising fullerene
4. 5,558,915 - High-voltage installation
5. 5,558,903 - Method for coating fullerene materials for tribology
6. 5,556,517 - Solar process for making fullerenes
7. 5,554,751 - Aminoureidofullerene and aminothioureidofullerene derivatives and process for the preparation thereof
8. 5,547,774 - Molecular recording/reproducing method and recording medium
9. 5,547,748 - Carbon nanoencapsulates
10. 5,543,378 - Carbon nanostructures encapsulating palladium
11. 5,538,763 - Method of preparing carbon cluster film having electrical conductivity
12. 5,534,232 - Apparatus for reactions in dense-medium plasmas
13. 5,523,438 - Metal-fullerene intercalation compounds, process for their preparation and use as catalysts
14. 5,516,500 - Formation of diamond materials by rapid-heating and rapid-quenching of carbon-containing materials
15. 5,510,098 - CVD method of producing and doping fullerenes
16. 5,505,879 - Charge transfer complexes
17. 5,503,643 - Substituted fullerenes as flow improvers
18. 5,494,558 - Production of fullerenes by sputtering
19. 5,493,094 - Preparation of fullerenes and apparatus therefor
20. 5,491,579 - Broadband thermal optical limiter for the protection of eyes and sensors
21. 5,487,831 - Recognition and separation of carbon clusters
1995
1. 5,475,172 - Process for fullerene functionalization
2. 5,470,680 - Electrochemical fullerene system
3. 5,462,776 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamonds
4. 5,462,680 - Free radical adducts of fullerenes with hydrocarbons and polymers
5. 5,458,742 - Isolation of fullerenes
6. 5,457,343 - Carbon nanotubule enclosing a foreign material
7. 5,454,961 - Substituted fullerenes as flow improvers
8. 5,454,880 - Conjugated polymer-acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells
9. 5,453,413 - Phototransformation of fullerenes
10. 5,449,812 - Intermediates for the preparation of phenylsulfonylurea herbicides and plant growth regulators
11. 5,449,491 - Method of producing diamond crystals from metallfullerite matrix and resulting product
12. 5,447,796 - Magnetic recording medium comprising a solid lubrication layer of fullerene carbon having an alkyl or allyl chain
13. 5,445,759 - Preparation of electrorheological fluids using fullerenes and other crystals having fullerene-like anisotropic electrical properties
14. 5,424,054 - Carbon fibers and method for their production
15. 5,420,746 - Single electron device including clusters of pure carbon atoms
16. 5,420,371 - Hydrocarbon processing using fullerene catalysts
17. 5,420,081 - Preparation of fullerene/glass composites
18. 5,416,243 - Cyclofluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
19. 5,416,188 - Polysubstituted fullerenes and their preparation (C-2608)
20. 5,403,484 - Viruses expressing chimeric binding proteins
21. 5,401,975 - Method for constructing a carbon molecule and structures of carbon molecules
22. 5,400,136 - Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) dosimeter and probe
23. 5,395,589 - Apparatus for rapid and specific detection of organic vapors
24. 5,395,496 - Process for the synthesis of fullerenes
25. 5,393,955 - Preparation of fullerenes and apparatus therefor
26. 5,393,572 - Ion beam assisted method of producing a diamond like carbon coating
27. 5,391,329 - Process for making a solid optical limiter containing a graded distribution of reverse saturable material
28. 5,391,323 - Conductivity in carbonaceous compounds and devices using such compounds
29. 5,386,048 - Hydrosilylation of fullerenes
30. 5,384,078 - Soluble highly reactive form of calcium and reagents thereof
31. 5,382,719 - Fluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
32. 5,382,718 - Cyclofluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
33. 5,380,703 - Halogen-doped superconductive fullerenes
34. 5,380,595 - Carbon cluster film having electrical conductivity and method of preparing the same
1994
1. 5,376,690 - Metallospheres and superclusters
2. 5,376,353 - Method for the production of H2O2 using Fullerenes
3. 5,374,463 - Magnetic recording disk having a contiguous fullerene film and a protective overcoat
4. 5,372,798 - Fullerene compositions and preparation
5. 5,370,855 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamond
6. 5,368,890 - Coating process for depositing extremely hard films on substrates
7. 5,367,051 - Amine-containing polymerizable monomers and polymers functionalized with fullerenes to provide polymers with high temperature stability
8. 5,364,993 - Selective functionalization of fullerenes
9. 5,361,148 - Apparatus for photorefractive two beam coupling
10. 5,360,477 - Method for forming diamond and apparatus for forming the same
11. 5,358,659 - Magnetic materials with single-domain and multidomain crystallites and a method of preparation
12. 5,357,040 - Fine poweders of ketone-containing aromatic polymers and process of manufacture
13. 5,356,872 - Method of making high Tc superconducting thin films with fullerenes by evaporation
14. 5,354,926 - Fluoroalkylated fullerene compounds
15. 5,351,151 - Optical filter using microlens arrays
16. 5,350,794 - Aliphatic polyamide compositions and fibers
17. 5,350,569 - Storage of nuclear materials by encapsulation in fullerenes
18. 5,348,936 - Metal-doped fullerenes and synthetic methods therefor
19. 5,347,024 - Preparation of addition polymerization catalysts via Lewis acid mitigated metal center oxidation
20. 5,346,683 - Uncapped and thinned carbon nanotubes and process
21. 5,341,639 - Fullerene rocket fuels
22. 5,340,716 - Assay method utilizing photoactivated chemiluminescent label
23. 5,338,571 - Method of forming self-assembled, mono- and multi-layer fullerene film and coated substrates produced thereby
24. 5,338,529 - Recognition and separation of carbon clusters
25. 5,336,828 - Hydrocarbon processing using fullerene catalysts
26. 5,334,351 - Sensor for detecting analytes in a fluid medium
27. 5,332,723 - Superconducting thin film with fullerenes and method of making
28. 5,331,183 - Conjugated polymer - acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells
29. 5,328,676 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamond
30. 5,325,227 - Laser attenuation means
31. 5,325,002 - Trapped-field, superconducting, induction-synchronous motor/generator having improved startup torque
32. 5,324,495 - Method of making metal fulleride
33. 5,323,376 - Atomic scale electronic switch
34. 5,322,756 - Magnetic fluids and method of preparation
35. 5,319,518 - Solid/gas double layer capacitor and electrical storage device
36. 5,317,058 - Microwave-absorbing materials containing polar icosahedral molecular units and methods of making the same
37. 5,316,636 - Production of fullerenes by electron beam evaporation
38. 5,310,669 - Fullerene coated surfaces and uses thereof
39. 5,310,532 - Purification of fullerenes
40. 5,308,661 - Pretreatment process for forming a smooth surface diamond film on a carbon-coated substrate
41. 5,308,481 - Chemically bound fullerenes to resin and silica supports and their use as stationary phases for chromatography
42. 5,307,187 - Liquid crystal element with higher resistivity in the encapsulation medium than in the liquid crystal
43. 5,304,366 - Process and apparatus for producing and separating fullerenes
44. 5,302,681 - Polymerization inhibition by fullerenes
45. 5,302,474 - Fullerene-containing cathodes for solid electrochemical cells
46. 5,300,203 - Process for making fullerenes by the laser evaporation of carbon
47. 5,296,543 - Aromatic polyamide compositions and fibers
48. 5,296,536 - Polymer based articles having increased structural rigidity
49. 5,294,732 - Polysubstituted fullerenes and their preparation
50. 5,294,600 - Superconducting material comprising Rb.sub.x Cs.sub.y C.sub.60.
51. 5,292,813 - Fullerene-grafted polymers and processes of making
52. 5,292,444 - Lube oil compositions containing fullerene-grafted polymers
53. 5,289,150 - Method and apparatus for superconducting trapped-field energy storage and power stabilization
54. 5,288,555 - Composites with interphases and method of making the same
55. 5,288,342 - Solid metal-carbon matrix of metallofullerites and method of forming same
56. 5,281,653 - Fullerene-polymer compositions
57. 5,281,406 - Recovery of C.sub.60 and C.sub.70 buckminsterfullerenes from carbon soot by supercritical fluid extraction and their separation by adsorption chromatography
58. 5,278,239 - Anionically polymerized polymers coupled with fullerenes
59. 5,277,996 - Fuel cell electrode and method for producing same
60. 5,276,085 - Aromatic polyamide compositions and fibers
61. 5,275,705 - Process for making fullerenes
1993
1. 5,271,890 - Method for producing carbon allotrope
2. 5,273,729 - Combustion method for producing fullerenes
3. 5,273,788 - Preparation of diamond and diamond-like films
4. 5,270,394 - Anionically polymerized polymers coupled with fullerenes
5. 5,269,953 - Synthetic carbon allotropes: graphite intercalated with buckminsterfullerenes
6. 5,258,048 - Fuel compositions comprising fullerenes
7. 5,250,378 - Charge transfer complexes and photoconductive compositions containing fullerenes
8. 5,248,498 - Fullerene compositions for magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging
9. 5,239,820 - Electric propulsion using C.sub.60 molecules
10. 5,234,475 - Hydrocarbon fuels having one or more fullerenes therein as indentification media
11. 5,234,474 - Fuel compositions comprising fullerenes
12. 5,232,810 - Toner composition comprising fullerene
13. 5,227,038 - Electric arc process for making fullerenes
14. 5,225,495 - Conductive polymer film formation using initiator pretreatment
15. 5,223,479 - Process for preparing alkali metal-doped fullerenes
16. 5,223,409 - Directed evolution of novel binding proteins
17. 5,215,841 - Electrophotographic imaging member with overcoatings containing fullerenes
18. 5,211,889 - Soluble highly reactive form of calcium and reagents thereof
19. 5,209,916 - Conversion of fullerenes to diamond
20. 5,196,396 - Method of making a superconducting fullerene composition by reacting a fullerene with an alloy containing alkali metal
21. 5,188,918 - Toner and developer compositions comprising fullerene
22. 5,182,166 - Wear-resistant composite structure of vitreous carbon containing convoluted fibers
23. 5,178,980 - Photoconductive imaging members with a fullerene compound
24. 5,177,248 - Process of forming polysubstituted fullerenes
1992
1. 5,172,278 - Buckminsterfullerenes for optical limiters
2. 5,171,373 - Devices involving photo behavior of fullerenes
3. 5,166,919 - Atomic scale electronic switch
4. 5,166,248 - (Polysubstituted fullerenes)
5. 5,156,003 - Magnetic refrigerator
6. 5,132,105 - Materials with diamond-like properties and method and means for manufacturing them
7. 5,120,669 - (Surface coating)
8. 5,114,477 - Liquid ink compositions
9. 4,922,827 - (Ballistic missile shield)