Enable IPC (Intellectual Property Commercialization) Corporation currently has technologies in development and for sale: potentiostat systems, renewable energy storage units, an ultracapacitor and a microbattery device. These use advances and advantages in software, thin films and nanotechnology to gain our overall competitive edge.
Summaries can be found below. Additional details can be found by clicking on the links:
Potentiostat systems
Design:
Our potentiostat systems are very flexible in their design. The customer can order a specific, pre-designed model, or they can specify which features they want and we can build it for them at a very attractive price.
Commercial applications:
The potentiostat systems can be used to characterize batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, solar cells and other energy devices. Many universities, laboratories and companies use these systems.
Status:
We began offering our complete potentiostat systems for sale in January 2010. We offer single and multi-channel systems with and without electrochemical impedance spectropscopy capability, and with a low power option. All come with our proprietary, easy-to-use and multi-functional software.
For more information on our potentiostat systems, click here.
Renwable energy storage units
Design:
We are using some of our existing designs and technologies to put together devices that will store excess energy from solar cells and wind turbines at a residential level for use when the energy source (i.e., the sun or wind) is not available. This is essential for homeowners who are off-grid, and we believe we are designing these so they will be desirable and will make financial sense for everyone.
Commercial applications:
Homeowners with solar energy systems attached to their residences have two fundamental issues with the clean energy they acquire: (1) the sun doesn't always shine and (2) they sometimes have excess energy being created that is usually returned to the grid. Batteries are available to capture this excess energy. For those that are off-grid, they are necessary, but expensive. Our device is being designed to store excess energy so that it will make sense economically, whether the homeowner is on or off-grid.
Status:
Look for news releases about this device in the coming days and weeks.
For more information on our renewable energy storage units, click here.
Microbattery
Design:
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.
Commercial applications:
Low power, specialized applications (e.g., "smart" cards, RFID tags, remote sensors, MEMs/NEMs, etc.)
Development status:
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.
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.
For more information on our microbattery technology, click here.
Ultracapacitor
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, and in some cases exceeded 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) and industrial markets.
Development status:
We are developing units for select potential customers. Under a program with the Wisconsin Energy Independence Fund we developed a prototype 3000F unit for demonstration purposes. 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 exclusive license agreement grants Enable IPC Corporation the right to utilize the technology for consumer and industrial applications.
For more information on our ultracapacitor technology, click here.
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