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Granted Patents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td>Patent Title<\/th>Patent Number<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
32.<\/td>Mask Free Photolithography Using Undercooled Metal Particles<\/td>US12,358,077B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31.<\/td>Direct Printing and Writing using Undercooled Metallic Core-Shell Particles<\/td>US12226831B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30.<\/td>Solder materials including supercooled micro-capsules and alloyed particles<\/td>US12208471B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.<\/td>Solid dry-type lubricant<\/td>US12122901B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28.<\/td>Stable undercooled metallic particles for engineering at ambient conditions<\/td>US10266925B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.<\/td>Undercooled liquid metallic droplets having a protective shell<\/td>US12030126B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26.<\/td>Textured particles<\/td>US11938535B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.<\/td>Coated irregular surfaces<\/td>US11752666B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.<\/td>Stable undercooled metallic particles for filling a void<\/td>US11685977B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.<\/td>System and method for manufacture of undercooled metallic core-shell particles<\/td>US11673190B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.<\/td>Mask-free photolithography using metastable undercooled metal particles<\/td>US11633807B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.<\/td>Solder paste on demand apparatus<\/td>US11633702B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>Solid dry-type lubricant<\/td>US11613630B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/td>Stable undercooled metallic particles for engineering at ambient conditions<\/td>US11584978B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/td>Interstitial control during additive manufacturing<\/td>US11379637B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>Mechano-chemical de-mixing of metal alloys and mixed materials<\/td>US11364542B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/td>Metal oxide materials made using self-assembled coordination polymers<\/td>US11241678B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>Stable undercooled metallic particles for engineering at ambient conditions<\/td>US11220730B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/td>Direct printing and writing using undercooled metallic core-shell particles<\/td>US11059098B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/td>Mechano-chemical de-mixing of metal alloys and mixed materials<\/td>US10758984B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>Self-strengthening polymer composites<\/td>US10759127B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>Fabrication of micro- and nano-particle coated materials<\/td>US10604677B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>Method of preparing metal surfaces<\/td>US10526694B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>High aspect ratio nanostructures and methods of preparation<\/td>US10471469B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>Core-shell multi-layer particles<\/td>US10293325B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>Micro- and nano-particles with variable surface morphologies and methods of making same<\/td>US10124310B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>MEMS force sensors fabricated using paper substrates<\/td>US9682856B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>Argentina patent: Lubricante seco para transporte de recipientes (Dry lubricant for transporting containers) <\/td>P210103170 A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>European patent: Solid dry-type lubricant<\/td>EP21205566.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>Stable undercooled metallic particles for engineering at ambient conditions<\/td>EP3322549B1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>Stable undercooled metallic particles for engineering at ambient conditions<\/td>JP6980864B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>Stable supercooled metal particles used for working in circumferential environment<\/td>JP7301113B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Pending Patents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td>Title of the Invention<\/th>Filing Number<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
29.<\/td>Network disruptors for coherent solid state flow<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28.<\/td>Specialized Seed Lubricants and Related Method<\/td>63\/837,885<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.<\/td>Guided ad Infinitum Assembly of Mixed-Metal Oxide Arrays from a Liquid Metal<\/td>US63\/790,295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26.<\/td>Carbon lithium composites via intercalation and paused dissolution<\/td>US63\/656,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.<\/td>Metastable Metal Particles as Physically-timed keys<\/td>US63\/752,332<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.<\/td>Preparation of liquid metallic core-shell particles and undercooled liquid metallic core-shell particles use method at ambient conditions<\/td>JP2023126234A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.<\/td>Canadian application:
\nSolid Dry-Type Lubricant Lubrifiant De Type Sec Solide<\/td>		CA3135527<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.<\/td>European application:
\n(De) Festes Trockenschmiermittel
\n(En) Solid Dry-Type Lubricant
\n(Fr) Lubrifiant Solide De Type Sec<\/td>		EP4012009<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.<\/td>Australian application:
\nSolid Dry-Type Lubricant<\/td>		AU2021261825<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>Chinese application:
\n\u56fa\u4f53\u5e72\u5f0f\u6da6\u6ed1\u5242 (Solid Dry Lubricant)<\/td>		CN114736727<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/td>Lubrificante para uso em um sistema de alimentacao de tremonha, E, metodo para produzir um lubrificante (Lubricant For Use In A Hopper Feeding System, And Method Of Producing A Lubricant)<\/td>BR102021018497<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/td>Undercooled Liquid Metallic Droplets Having A Protective Shell<\/td>MYPI2023000396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>Undercooled Liquid Metallic Droplets Having A Protective Shell<\/td>KR10-2023-7006695<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/td>Undercooled Liquid Metallic Droplets Having A Protective Shell<\/td>JP2023-505413<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>Preparation Of Liquid Metallic Core-Shell Particles And Undercooled Liquid Metallic Core-Shell Particles Use Method At Ambient Conditions<\/td>JP2023126234A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/td>Compositional Control in Additive Manufacturing<\/td>US-20240424561-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/td>Efficient Recycling of E-Waste By Energy Landscape Inversion<\/td>US-20240425948-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>Micro-Capsules Having An Amorphous Solid Core<\/td>US-20240058861-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>Stable Undercooled Metallic Particles For Filling A Void<\/td>US-20230383388-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>Solid Dry-Type Lubricant<\/td>US-20230287200-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>Mask-Free Photolithography Using Metastable Undercooled Metal Particles<\/td>US-20210138588-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>Interstitial Control During Additive Manufacturing<\/td>US-20200327267-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>Stable Undercooled Metallic Particles For Engineering at Ambient Conditions<\/td>US-20190203327-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>Metal Oxide Materials Made Using Self-Assembled Coordination Polymers<\/td>US-20180311655-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>Melt-and-Mold Fabrication (MnM Fab) of Reconfigurable Devices<\/td>US-20160243546-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>Paper-Based Reference Electrode And Potentiometric Ion Sensing<\/td>US-20160033438-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>Levitation of Materials in Paramagnetic Ionic Liquids<\/td>US-20150135829-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>Microfluidic Devices Formed From Hydrophobic Paper<\/td>US-20150132742-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>MEMS Force Sensors Fabricated Using Paper Substrates<\/td>US-20140224018-A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/split-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"custombg_nine\",\"pageIntro\":\"Professor Thuo holds more than 60 patents, including 32 granted, spanning materials, manufacturing and sensing technologies\",\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/08\/wolf-scaled.jpg\",\"focalPoint\":{\"x\":0.58,\"y\":0.78},\"imageID\":810,\"imageAlt\":\"\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}