Proprietary Technology and Intellectual Property
Our success depends, in part, on our ability to protect our proprietary rights. To do that, we rely on patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark laws; confidentiality and inventions agreements with employees or third parties; and protective contractual provisions, such as those typically contained in agreements with consultants, vendors and customers.
Issued U.S. Patents
6,333,016: Method of Producing Nanotubes
6,413,487: Method and Apparatus for Producing Nanotubes
6,919,064: Process and Apparatus for Producing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
6,955,800: Method and Apparatus for Producing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
6,962,892: Metallic Catalytic Particle for Producing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
6,994,907: Carbon Nanotube Product Comprising Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
7,094,386: Method of Producing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Ceramic Composites
7,153,903: Carbon Nanotube-Filled Composites Prepared by In-situ Polymerization
7,279,247: Carbon Nanotube Pastes and Methods of Use
7,354,881: Method and Catalyst for Producing Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
7,357,907: Method for Producing Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
These patents are owned by the University of Oklahoma. SWeNT has an exclusive license to all of this intellectual property, plus improvements.
In addition, we have signed non-exclusive Freedom to Practice license agreements with NEC and IBM, which hold fundamental patents covering the single-wall carbon nanotube:
Licensed patents from NEC
US Pat # 5,747,161 and 5,830,326
JP Pat # 2,687,794 and 2,526,782Licensed patent from IBM
US Pat # 5,424,054