WIPO eTISC is a social platform which provides a secure space for the Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) community and intellectual property (IP) users to interact with each other and share knowledge and ideas.
To access the full features and services of eTISC, please sign in with a WIPO account or create an account.
By accessing/using the eTISC platform, the user is agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use.
Efforts to find cleaner ways of producing energy have resulted in many new and innovative technologies. Among these technologies are devices that operate using artificial photosynthesis, a chemical process similar to the process used by plants to store energy from sunlight.
More information about artificial photosynthesis can be found here.
One such device is the "artificial leaf", pioneered by Dr. Daniel G. Nocera and his research team and being further developed by Sun Dynamix, a company co-founded by Dr. Nocera. The "leaf", a silicon wafer coated with chemical catalysts, can break down water into hydrogen and oxygen when exposed to sunlight. The hydrogen generated by the "leaf" can then be used to produce electricity in fuel cells.
More information about the "artificial leaf" can be found here and here.
Patent documentation can give us more insights into inventions made by Dr. Daniel G. Nocera, patent applications filed by Sun Dynamix, and inventions in related fields of technology.
A sample search in PATENTSCOPE for patent documents naming Daniel G. Nocera as an inventor can be accessed here. The search is designed to retrieve patent documents that contain the name of the inventor in the order "first name-middle name/initial-last name" or "last name-first name-middle name/initial" and uses wildcard operators to include both the middle initial "g" and the full middle name "george".
A sample search in PATENTSCOPE for patent documents filed by Sun Dynamix can be accessed here.
A sample search in PATENTSCOPE for patent documents filed in fields of technology related to the "artificial leaf" can be accessed here. The search uses the following International Patent Classification (IPC) symbols:
The classifications symbols were derived from the international patent application WO/2009/154753, retrieved using the inventor search above.
Do you know of any other cool technologies that you’d like to share with the eTISC community, in particular from inventors in your country?