Columbia Technology Ventures Inventors’ Guide
Patents and Patent Applications based on Research Conducted in the Esposito Research Group:
- D.V. Esposito, S. Kawashima, S. Kelly, “Systems for accelerated CO2 mineralization using artificial flowstones”. (U.S. Patent Application No.: US64/128,018, Filed Aug. 2026).
- D.V. Esposito, K. Dunn, S. Ardo, “Apparatus and methods of analyzing individual suspended photocatalysts by optical particle trapping with electrochemical sensing”. (U.S. Patent Application No.: US64/099,605, filed June, 2026).
- D.V. Esposito, J.S. Dondapati, A.C. West, “Methods for Selectively Depositing Nano- or Microscopic Plugs in Membranes for Electrochemical Applications”. (U.S. Patent Application No.: US2025 63/771,932)
- D.V. Esposito, “Electrolysis Cell Systems Including Proton Conducting Oxide Membranes”. (U.S. Patent Application No.: US2023 63/453,671). Read more about this technology on this CTV tech brief.
- S. Ardo, C. Xiang, D.V. Esposito, “Reactor Designs for Photocatalytic O2 Evolution from Water with Integrated Green H2 Compression”, (US Provisional patent Application No. US2024 63/733,857).
- D.V. Esposito, X. Lin, “Membraneless Trickle Bed Electrochemical Reactor”. (U.S. Patent Application No.: US2024 63/708,015)
- D.V. Esposito, L.F. Greenlee, “Systems and Methods for Electrochemical Generation of Acid and Base”. (US Provisional patent Application No. 63/439677, filed Jan. 2023). Read more about this technology on this CTV tech brief.
- D.V. Esposito, X. Pang, “Systems and Methods for Electrochemical CO2 Conversion in Membraneless Electrolyzers”. (US Provisional patent Application US2023 63/429,665)
- S. Ardo, Z. Chen, D.V. Esposito, R. Bala Chandran, Z. Chen, J. M. Mayer, B. James, J. Huya-Kouadio, “Designs for Photocatalyst Suspension Reactors for Solar Fuel Formation”, (US Provisional patent Application No. 63/349,442, filed June 2022).
- X. Li, Av. Harutyunyan, X. Liu, B. Li, J. Hone, D.V. Esposito, “Catalyst Compositions Including Metal Chalcogenides, Processes for Forming the Catalyst Compositions, and Uses Thereof”, US. Patent No. 11,565,247 (IR# CU21120). Download here.
- D.V. Esposito, Q. van Hinsberg, “Membraneless Electrolyzers for the Production of Alkaline and Acidic Effluent Streams”, WO 2022/104242 A1. International Publication Date 19 May 2022. Read more about this technology on this CTV tech brief.
- S. Kawashima, D.V. Esposito, S. Ma, A.H. Akca, “METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED CEMENT INCORPORATING METAL OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES”. (US. Patent Publication No. 20210188711).
- D.V. Esposito, X. Pang, S. Kawashima, “Systems and Methods for Membrane-Free Electrolysis”. (Patent application: PCT/US2020024699, WO2020198350A1). Read more about this technology on this CTV tech brief.
- D.V. Esposito, J. Wright, G.D. O’Neil, H. Kuo, “Continuous Multi-Dimensional Scanning Probes (CMDPs) for Scanning Probe Microscopy” (Patent Application # 62/661,823 filed with USPTO)
- D.V. Esposito, G.D. O’Neil, “Membraneless Electrochemical Flow-Through Reactor”. US Patent No. 2017/0081770 A1, 2017.
