Jeremy Barton is creating an institute to create basic molecular machines. A primary focus is to create basic motors. We need design tools, motors and more.
He previously created an group that combined chemistry, physics, surface science to work on positional chemistry.
$150 million was not enough.
Systems and methods for mechanosynthesis
The present application is a division of application Ser. No. 16/325,241 (371(c date 2019 Feb. 13), which is the national phase entry of Application No. PCT/US17/61363 (filed 2017 Nov. 13), which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 15/353,380 (filed 2016 Nov. 16, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,067,160) and a continuation-in-part of Application No. PCT/US17/022330 (filed 2017 Mar. 14).
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for performing mechanosynthesis, including those that involve bulk chemical preparation of tips, multiple tips for supplying feedstock, and use of sequential tips such as in a thermodynamic cascade; such features may simplify starting requirements, increase versatility, and/or reduce complexity in the mechanosynthesis equipment and/or process.
Efficient and manufacturable mechanical computing
Logic mechanisms operate to define the position of at least one mechanical output based on the position of two or more mechanical inputs, and employ at least one control element that functions to determine (at least in part) whether an output is moved, and which provides the same function in more than one position. Some mechanisms are configured to determine, based on the input positions, whether a path to transmit motion to an output exists or does not exist. Some mechanisms are configured to determine, based on the input positions, whether or not motion of a driven element can be accommodated without moving an output.
For many of the mechanisms as discussed above, the input(s) and the output(s) can comprise carbon nanotubes. Mechanisms can be fabricated small enough to occupy a volume no greater than 0.001 mm3, and/or to require no more than 1 μN force to position the output(s).
CBN Nano Technologies has been granted several patents in the field of molecular nanotechnology, particularly focusing on mechanosynthesis. Here’s a summary of their key patents:
Mechanosynthesis Systems and Methods
Patent 11708384 (Granted July 25, 2023)
Focuses on systems and methods for mechanosynthesis that avoid bootstrap processes, building tips via mechanosynthesis, and the need for charging tips with feedstock during build sequences2
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Patent 11592463 (Granted February 28, 2023)
Describes methods involving bulk chemical preparation of tips, multiple tips for supplying feedstock, and sequential tip use in thermodynamic cascades2
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Patent 11180514 (Granted November 23, 2021)
Similar to 11708384, addressing various aspects of mechanosynthesis to simplify processes and reduce complexity2
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Patent 11155461 (Granted October 26, 2021)
Covers systems, methods, and tools for synthesizing atomically-precise products via mechanosynthesis, including specific tips and associated reactions
Patent 10822229 (Granted November 3, 2020)
Improves on mechanosynthesis methods, focusing on bulk chemical preparation of tips and multiple tip usage
Other Notable Patents
Patent 11592463 (Granted February 28, 2023)
Addresses methods to simplify starting requirements and increase versatility in mechanosynthesis processes
Patent 10822230 (Granted November 3, 2020)
Describes systems and tools for product synthesis via mechanosynthesis, including methods for determining build sequences
The patents primarily cover:
Atomically precise manufacturing techniques
Mechanosynthesis processes and tools
Methods to simplify and improve efficiency in nanoscale fabrication
Designs for atomically-precise tips and associated reactions
CBN Nano Technologies has filed 24 patents in total, with the most popular topics including nanotechnology, fluid dynamics, and logic gates.
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Meh. Grey Goo is one of the key post-singularity ‘hard substance’ technologies. This could be a tentative step to some kind of off-world, minimal guidance ‘civilization building’. I recommend secrecy rather than widespread patenting.
A greater techno-bio-chaos exists – budding: Mirror Life
via J.C.Ventner Institute. Today.
A powerful technology that philistines want to shut down.
Patenting generic algorithms for physical machinery should not be approved.
It’s just patent trolling to block potential competition.
Molecular nanotechnology sure has taken a lot longer than we thought it would, back when Drexler first published Engines of Creation. (I was part of a group buy to help him get a larger initial publishing run.)
I guess I can only hope that it’s the usual problem with an exponential in a world where people think linearly: For the longest time nothing seems to be happening, and then, wham, everything happens.
I would caution people that, these days, getting a patent doesn’t mean a lot. Theoretically you’re supposed to reveal enough about the invention for a practitioner in the field to replicate it. But they no longer require you to have actually gotten the thing working to get a patent, so many patents are really just outlines for bad SF novels, the guy getting the patent hasn’t a clue how to actually accomplish what they’re patenting.