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Enable IPC (Intellectual Property Commercialization) Corporation currently has two technologies in development: a microbattery device and an ultracapacitor. Both use advances in thin films and nanotechnology to gain competitive advantages.
Summaries of both can be found below. Additional details can be found by clicking on the links:
Using nanowires (i.e., tiny poles that stand on end) can increase the surface area of a battery's electrode. This allows for a greater amount of power.
Advantage:
The barrier to market has historically been cost. Our initial products are being designed to meet specific cost and performance targets established by our potential customers -- select OEMs that plan to integrate our product in their devices.
The product is in the early development stage. Since we began work on the technology we have made much technical progress. A lot of design, testing and evaluation remains to be done, however, and we do not have a specific date for production. We believe that we are at least 18-24 months away from actual product sales.
IP status:
A patent was filed in March 2005 by the inventor, Dr. Sung H. Choi. All rights have been assigned to Enable IPC Corporation. The patent is still in review at the US Patent Office. As of May 2007, the Company had not heard from the patent office (we are told that the time lag is not unusual these days, especially for a nanotechnology-related patent application). Foreign rights under the PCT have also been filed.
Design: By combining nanoparticles with common carbon sheets in a very inexpensive process, researchers have been able to assemble ultracapacitors that -- in the lab-- have matched many of the performance specifications of commercial devices.
Commercial applications:
We have an existing agreement with the patent application owners (the University of Wisconsin) to exclusively license the product for use in consumer electronics applications (which, according to a third party market research firm, represents the largest market niche).
Development status:
We have a joint development agreement with the inventors of the technology who have established a company called SolRayo. The goals of this agreement include providing α units and ß units for select potential customers and we now hope to accomplish this in early 2008. We will keep our shareholders posted on our progress.
IP status:
A patent was filed in November 2006 by the University of Wisconsin. A subsequent license option agreement grants Enable IPC Corporation the exclusive right to license the technology for consumer applications.
