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Licensing Opportunities

Guidedwave has a long history of developing new and unique intellectual property utilizing guided waves. Guidedwave has eight issued patents and multiple patents in process. Opportunities exist to license existing technology and also to work with Guidedwave engineers to develop and jointly create intellectual property. Guidedwave can and has worked with licensees in many ways from providing a license only to working with the client to develop and provide services with a technology. If you have a unique application involving guided waves, we are here to assist in the development a protection of your technology. A list of our current patents is provided below.

 

 

 

Issued and Pending Guidedwave (FBS, Inc.) patents:

Borigo, Cody J., Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose. Piezoelectric Shear Ring for Omnidirectional Shear Horizontal Guided Wave Excitation and Sensing. US Patent Application 14/878,595, filed October 15, 2015.

Padilla, Luis, Phillip Bull, Roger L. Royer, Jr., Steven E. Owens. Non-Contact Acoustic Signal Propagation Property Evaluation of Synthetic Fiber Rope. US Patent 8,958,994, filed May 5, 2010 and issued February 17, 2015.

Rose, Joseph L., Jason K. Van Velsor, Steven E. Owens, Roger L. Royer, JR. Magnetostrictive Sensor Array for Active or Synthetic Phased-Array Focusing of Guided Waves. US Patent 8,907,665, filed November 17, 2011 and issued December 9, 2014.

Borigo, Cody J., Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose. Systems and Methods for Damage Detection in Structures Using Guided Wave Phased Arrays. US Patent Application 14/532,766, filed November 4, 2014.

Yan, Fei, Cody J. Borigo, Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose. An Ultrasonic Guided Wave Corrosion Detection and Monitoring System and Method for Storage Tank Floors and Other Large-Scale, Complex, Plate-Like Structures. US Patent Application 14/466,657, filed August 22, 2014.

Borigo, Cody J., Joseph L. Rose, Steven E. Owens. An Ultrasonic Vibration System and Method for Removing/Avoiding Unwanted Build-Up on Structures. US Patent Application 14/329,426, filed July 11, 2014.

Borigo, Cody J., Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose, Jason K. Van Velsor. A System and Method For Guided Wave Inspection of Twisted Tubing. US Patent Application 14/212,355, filed March 14, 2014.

Zombo, Paul, James Landy, Steven E. Owens, Fei Yan, Joseph L. Rose, Cody J. Borigo. Guided Wave Thermography Methods and Systems for Inspecting a Structure. US Patent Application 13/922,367, filed June 20, 2013.

Yan, Fei, Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose. Systems and Methods for Damage Detection in Plate-Like Structures Using Guided Wave Phased Arrays. US Patent Application 13/901,786, filed May 23, 2013.

Owens, Steven E., Li Zhang, Joseph L. Rose. Guided Wave Pipeline Inspection System and Method with Enhanced Natural Focusing Techniques. US Patent 7,997,139, filed December 3, 2008 and issued August 16, 2011.

Yan, Fei, Joseph L. Rose. Systems and Methods for the Inspection of Structures Having Unknown Properties. US Patent 8,532,940, filed February 18, 2010 and issued August 28, 2010.

Owens, Steven E., Joseph L. Rose, Jason K. Van Velsor, Li Zhang, Michael J. Avioli. Guided Wave Pipeline Inspection System with Enhanced Focusing Capability. US Patent 7,751,989, filed November 30, 2007 and issued July 6, 2010.

Royer, Roger L., JR., Joseph L. Rose, Edward C. Smith, Jose L. Palacios. An Ultrasonic Vibration System and method for Removing/Avoiding Unwanted Build-Up on Structures.  US Patent 8,217,554, filed May 28, 2009 and issued February 11, 2010.

Van Velsor, Jason K., Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose. Guided Waves for Nondestructive Testing of Pipes. US Patent 8,170,809, filed November 14, 2009 and issued June 11, 2009.

Owens, Steven E., Joseph L. Rose, Roger L. Royer. Non-Destructive Examination Apparatus and Method for Guided Waves. US Patent 7,938,008, filed November 28, 2007 and issued June 5, 2008.