OneD Material LLC - Patent Portfolio Overview

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1 OneD Material LLC - Patent Portfolio Overview List of Patents and Patent applications owned or licensed exclusively by OneD. Most of the inventions relate to nanostructure materials suitable for energy storage applications (batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, supercapacitors), including composite materials such as Si-comprising nanostructures attached to carbon-based substrates. Other inventions cover fabrication methods and apparatus for scaling up the manufacturing processes of nanostructure materials and composites to industrial level. Many of the inventions apply to SiNANOde materials being produced under OneD license and being used in anode electrodes made by Li-ion battery makers. In any given day, some patents may expire or lapse; some pending applications may be allowed and result in a granted patent; and unpublished applications may be published. Furthermore, new applications are filed regularly, and new patent rights are licensed and/or acquired. All these changes may not be immediately reflected in this document. For detailed information about the most recent portfolio assigned or licensed to OneD, please contact OneD directly at info@onedmaterial.com. Translation of foreign patents into English language is machine generated. It cannot be guaranteed that such translation is accurate, reliable or fit any other specific purposes other than for information purposes. US 10/ US US 24-Oct Aug-04 Nanoscopic wire-based devices and arrays US 11/ US US 21-Nov Jul-08 US 11/ US US Methods of forming nanoscopic wirebased 20-Dec-05 6-Feb-07 US 10/ US US devices and arrays 29-Mar My-12 US 13/ US US Nanoscopic wire-based electrical crossbar memory-devices and arrays 11-Apr Jun-13 EP EP DE 30-Jun-00 6-Jan-16 EP EP GB, FR, DE 30-Jun Sep-10 CA CA CA 30-Jun-00 9-Dec-14 Nanoscopic Wire-Based Devices, Arrays AU AU AU 30-Jun Jan-05 and the Methods of Manufacture AU AU B8 AU 30-Jun Oct-10 AU AU B2 AU 30-Jun May-08 AU AU B2 AU 30-Jun Jan-07 US 11/ US US 4-Oct Mar-11 US 11/ US US Doped elongated semiconductors, growing 4-Oct Feb-10 US 11/ US US such semiconductors, devices including 17-Mar-05 1-May-07 US 11/ US US such semiconductors and fabricating such 4-Oct Jan-09 US 11/ US US devices 4-Oct Sep-09 US11/ US US 4-Oct Apr-12 EP EP B1 GB, DE 22-Aug Feb-13 EP EP A3 EP 22-Aug-00 EP EP A3 EP 22-Aug-00 CA CA CA 22-Aug Oct-10 KR KR KR 22-Aug Nov-10 KR KR KR 22-Aug-00 2-Jun-03 KR KR KR 22-Aug Sep-10 Doped elongated semiconductor, such a KR KR KR 22-Aug-00 9-Oct-08 semiconductor growth, the device including JP JP JP 22-Aug Aug-12 such a semiconductor, and the fabrication of CN CN CN 22-Aug Sep-13 such devices CN CN CN 22-Aug Feb-09 AU AU AU 22-Aug-00 AU AU AU 22-Aug-00 TW TW I TW 22-Aug Mar-08 TW TW I TW 22-Aug Jan-08 MX 2003PA01605 MXPA A MX 22-Aug-00 SG A1 SG 94521A1 SG 22-Aug-00 Page 1 of 8 Notable Inventor: Charles Lieber, PhD Charles M. Lieber is an American chemist and pioneer in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He was assistant professor ( ) and associate professor ( ) of Chemistry at Columbia University before moving to Harvard as full professor, where he holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. In 2011, Dr. Lieber was recognized by Thomson Reuters as the leading chemist in the world for the decade based on the impact of his scientific publications. Lieber has published over 390 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has edited and contributed to many books on nanoscience. He is the principal inventor on over fifty issued US patents and applications and founded the nanotechnology company Nanosys in 2001 and Vista Therapeutics in Dr. Lieber is known for his contributions to the synthesis, assembly and characterization of nanoscale materials and nanodevices, the application of nanoelectronic devices in biology, and as a mentor to numerous leaders in nanoscience (source: Exemplary method claim US 708

2 US 10/ US US 11-Dec Oct-06 US 11/ US US 17-Oct Jun-08 US 11/ US US 15-Dec Aug-07 US 12/ US US Nanosensors 30-Sep Mar-11 US 13/ US US 11-Apr Mar-13 US 12/ US US 27-Feb Nov-09 US 12/ US US 2-Jun-10 7-Jun-11 EP EP B1 CH, DE, EP, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, 11-Dec-01 9-Oct-08 LI, NL, SE JP JP JP 12-Mar Feb-13 JP JP JP 15-Aug Feb-13 JP JP JP Nanosensors 11-Dec Nov-10 KR KR KR 11-Dec-01 4-Nov-10 KR KR KR 11-Dec May-11 KR KR KR 11-Dec Sep-10 CA CA CA 11-Dec Oct-13 AU AU AU 11-Dec May-06 US 10/ US US Nanoscale wires and related devices 16-Jul Nov-07 AU AU AU 20-May May-03 Nanoscale wires and related devices AU AU AU 24-Aug Sep-07 US 11/ US US 20-Jan-05 4-Aug-09 US 11/ US US 22-Dec Nov-10 Methods of fabricating US 10/ US US 29-Mar-02 7-Feb-06 nanostructures and nanowires and US 10/ US US 29-Mar Apr-05 devices fabricated therefrom US 11/ US US 22-Dec-06 4-Aug-09 US 12/ US US 20-Jan-05 4-Aug-09 EP EP A3 EP 29-Mar Apr-13 EP EP A1 EP 29-Mar-02 2-Jan-04 CN CN C CN 29-Mar Mar-07 CN CN B CN 29-Mar May-10 CN CN B CN 29-Mar Dec-12 Methods of fabricating KR KR B1 KR 29-Mar Jan-11 nanostructures and nanowires and AU AU C1 AU 29-Mar-02 3-Apr-03 devices fabricated therefrom AU AU B2 AU 4-Feb Feb-08 CA CA C CA 29-Mar May-16 TW TW B TW 29-Mar Sep-2003 MX 2003PA08935 MX PA A MX 29-Mar Jun-2004 SG A1 SG A1 SG 29-Mar Jan-04 Exemplary method claim US 339 Notable Inventor: Peidong Yang, PhD Peidong Yang is a Chinese-American chemist and material scientist. He is currently a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (since 1999), member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For his graduate studies, Dr. Yang worked with Charles M. Lieber at Harvard University, and in 1997, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Dr. Yang was a founding member of the scientific advisory board at Nanosys, a nanomaterials company, and he is also the founder of Alphabet Energy with Matthew L. Scullin. Dr. Yang is well known for his work in nanostructure synthesis and characterization, having co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles. One of his most notable papers, "Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers", was published in Science in 2001 and has received over 5000 citations. In 2010, Dr. Yang was ranked as the top materials scientist and among the top 10 chemists of the decade by Thomson Reuters, in order of citation impact. (source: Exemplary material claim US 999 Page 2 of 8

3 US 09/ US US Electro-fluidic assembly process for integration of electronic devices onto a substrate 6-Jun Feb-04 US 10/ US US 10-Sep Mar-05 US 12/ US US Methods of making, positioning and 5-Aug Jan-10 US 10/ US US orienting nanostructures, 1-Apr-03 8-Nov-05 US 11/ US US nanostructure arrays and 31-May Dec-06 US11/ US US nanostructure devices 1-Dec Jan-07 US11/ US US 21-Nov-06 9-Sep-08 US 11/ US US 26-Jan-06 5-Jun-07 US 12/ US US 4-Sep Oct-11 Nanocomposites US 10/ US US 4-Sep Jun-06 US 12/ US US 17-Sep Oct-09 EP EP DE 4-Sep-03 1-Aug-12 CN CN C CN Nanocomposites 4-Sep Jan-10 CN CN C CN 4-Sep-03 4-Mar-09 US 11/ US US 30-Sep-02 1-Mar-07 US 10/ US US 30-Sep Sep-03 US 11/ US US 30-Sep-02 8-Jun-07 US 11/ US US 30-Sep Apr-05 US 11/ US US 30-Sep-02 3-Dec-04 Large-area nanoenabled macro US 11/ US US 30-Sep Jul-06 electronic substrate, and use therefor US 11/ US US 30-Sep Nov-06 US 11/ US US 30-Sep Apr-06 US 13/ US US 30-Sep Aug-11 US 12/ US US 30-Sep-02 5-Nov-10 US 14/ US 30-Sep-02 9-Jun-15 JP JP B2 JP 30-Sep-03 6-Nov-13 JP JP B2 JP 11-Sep Dec-16 CA CA C CA 30-Sep Mar-13 KR KR B1 KR Large-area nanoenabled macro 30-Sep Oct-12 EP EP A4 EP electronic substrate, and use therefor 30-Sep-03 TW TWI TW 30-Sep May-09 CN CN B CN 30-Sep-03 1-Sep-10 AU AU B2 AU 30-Sep Oct-08 Notable Inventor: Yimin Zhu, PhD Dr. Zhu has extensive experience in battery, fuel cell and their hybrid system development, as well as the development and production of nanomaterials for these platforms. Since 2007, Dr. Zhu has been instrumental in the development, production, commercialization of SiNANOde battery and fuel cell technologies first at Nanosys, and later at OneD Material, where he is now Chief Technology Officer, leading the R&D team at OneD and the collaboration with the R&D and Manufacturing teams at OneD s JV partner. Dr. Zhu has authored over 60 peer-reviewed papers and presented in various conferences. Dr. Zhu holds more than 36 energy storage worldwide-patents & applications and has dedicated himself to R&D and commercialization of energy storage nanomaterials and devices since 1998, first at Yamanashi University (NEDO Researcher Zero Emission EVs) and then in 2001 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Scientist Catalyst and Fuel Cells). Exemplary method claim, JP 362 (translation) 1. A method for producing nanostructures, the method comprising: providing a porous substrate having catalyst particles disposed thereon, which catalyst particles comprise copper, a copper compound, and/or a copper alloy; growing the nanostructures from the catalyst particles wherein the nanostructures comprise a monocrystalline core and a shell layer, wherein the shell layer comprises amorphous silicon, polycrystalline silicon, or a combination thereof. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the nanostructures comprise nanowires. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the nanostructures comprise silicon. Page 3 of 8

4 US 11/ US US Applications of nano-enabled large area 14-Sep-05 3-Aug-06 US 10/ US US macroelectronic substrates incorporating 30-Sep May-06 US 11/ US US nanowires and nanowire composites 29-Dec Nov-09 TW TW I TW Applications of nano-enabled large 30-Sep Jan-10 US 10/ US US Super-hydrophobic surfaces, methods of their construction and uses therefor 27-Apr Jul-11 JP JP JP Super-hydrophobic surfaces, methods of 27-Apr-04 8-Feb-12 AU AU AU their construction and uses therefor 27-Apr Jan-05 US11/ US US System and process for producing 14-Sep Dec-08 US12/ US US nanowire composites and electronic 20-Nov Sep-10 US10/ US US substrates therefrom 4-Aug Dec-08 CN CN B CN System and process for producing 4-Aug Jul-13 KR KR B1 KR nanowire composites and electronic substrates therefrom 4-Aug-04 2-Apr-12 US 10/ US US Integrated displays using nanowire 30-Sep-03 5-Sep-06 US 11/ US US transistors 21-Jul Apr-10 KR KR KR Integrated displays using nanowire 30-Sep Jun-11 JP JP JP transistors 30-Sep Apr-11 US 11/ US US 8-Mar-05 6-Jun-06 US 11/ US US 12-Jan-06 3-Oct-06 US 11/ US US Nanofiber surface based capacitors 21-Aug Nov-07 US 11/ US US 17-Aug Dec-08 US 12/ US RE43868 US 16-Dec Dec-12 US 12/ US US Systems and methods for nanowire growth and manufacturing 23-Sep Jul-11 US 10/ US US Oriented nanostructures and methods of preparing 4-Sep Feb-10 US 11/ US US 14-Sep Jul-10 Methods, devices and compositions for US 10/ US US 25-Sep Jun-06 depositing and orienting nanostructures US 11/ US US 21-Aug Sep-10 KR KR KR 15-Sep Mar-12 Methods, devices and compositions for JP JP JP 15-Sep-04 5-Sep-12 depositing and orienting nanostructures TW TWI TW 21-Sep Jan-12 Exemplary composition claim, JP 362 (translation) 1. A composition comprising a porous substrate and a population of silicon nanowires attached thereto, wherein one end of a member nanowire is attached to the substrate and the other end of the member nanowire comprises copper, a copper compound, and/or a copper alloy, wherein the nanowires comprise a monocrystalline core and a shell layer, wherein the shell layer comprises amorphous silicon, polycrystalline silicon, or a combination thereof. Exemplary method claim, JP 834 (translation) 1. A method for producing nanowires, the method comprising: providing a porous substrate having catalyst nanoparticles disposed thereon, wherein the porous substrate comprises a population of particles comprising at least one of graphite particles, graphene particles, silica particles, carbon fibers, carbon nanostructures, carbon nanotubes, or carbon black, and wherein the catalyst nanoparticles comprise copper, a copper compound and/or a copper alloy; loading the porous substrate into a reaction vessel wherein the population of particles with the catalyst nanoparticles disposed thereon form a packed bed in the reaction vessel, and growing nanowires on the porous substrate in the reaction vessel from the catalyst nanoparticles via a Vapor-Solid-Solid (VSS) synthesis technique, wherein the nanowires comprise silicon, germanium, or a combination thereof and the nanowires have an average diameter between 10 nm and 100 nm. Page 4 of 8

5 US 11/ US US 16-Aug-07 3-Aug-10 Systems and methods for harvesting and US 11/ US US 29-Apr Mar-08 integrating nanowires US 11/ US US 29-Apr-05 4-Mar-08 US 10/ US US Porous substrates, articles, systems and 15-Sep Sep-11 US 11/ US US compositions comprising nanofibers and 11-Jan Jun-09 US 14/ US US methods of their use and production 3-Oct May-15 JP JP JP Articles comprising a substrate and a 9-May-12 8-Oct-14 JP JP JP silicon nanofibers 22-Aug Nov-12 US 11/ US US 29-Apr Sep-06 Systems and methods for nanowire US 11/ US US 21-Jul Sep-07 growth and harvesting US 11/ US US 15-Aug Feb-10 CN CN CN Systems and methods for nanowire 29-Apr Jul-12 CN CN CN growth and harvesting 29-Apr Nov-13 US12/ US US 19-Sep Jul-11 US11/ US US 6-Dec Feb-07 Nanowire-based membrane electrode US11/ US US 20-Dec Jul-11 assemblies for fuel cells US13/ US US 17-Jul May-13 US13/ US US 31-May Jan-13 EP EP GB, DE 6-Dec May-13 EP EP GB, DE 6-Dec Jul-13 CN CN CN 6-Dec Mar-12 Nanowire-based membrane electrode CN CN CN 6-Dec-05 6-Nov-13 assemblies for fuel cells KR KR KR 6-Dec Jun-14 JP JP JP 6-Dec Aug-13 AU AU AU 6-Dec-05 US 11/ US US Nanowire horizontal growth and substrate removal 1-Dec Jul-09 US 11/ US US Nanowire dispersion compositions and uses thereof 6-Apr Jun-10 EP EP DE Nanowire dispersion compositions and uses 6-Apr Mar-14 JP JP JP thereof 26-Aug-14 Notable Inventor: Chunming Niu, PhD Dr. Niu is Professor & Director, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy at Xian Jiaotong University. He was the Director of Chemistry at Nanosys from 2001 to Before joining Nanosys, Dr. Niu worked on nanomaterial synthesis and characterization for almost ten years at Hyperion Catalysis, and was responsible for the development of several new nanomaterials and applications, including new catalysts for nanotube growth, ceramic nanofibrils/nanowhiskers, nanotube ceramic/polymer composites and a novel carbon nanotube-based electrode for high power supercapacitors. Dr. Niu spent his postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Professor Charles Lieber at Harvard University. He received his PhD Degree in Solid-State Chemistry from Brown University and his M.S. Degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University. Dr. Niu has co-authored over 30 publications and 20 patents. Exemplary composition claim, US A composition comprising: a plurality of nanowires attached directly to a support structure comprising, carbon or a carbon composition, the nanowires comprising crystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, or a mixture thereof; and an electrolyte 23. An article, comprising: an anode; a cathode; an electrolyte, and wherein the anode comprises a substrate and a plurality of nanowires attached directly to the substrate, the substrate comprises graphite, carbon or a carbon composition, and the nanowires comprise crystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, or a mixture thereof. Page 5 of 8

6 US 11/ US US Nanowire structures comprising 20-Nov May-11 US 11/ US US carbon 12-Jun Nov-10 US 12/ US US 23-Feb-09 2-Oct-12 US 14/ US RE45703 US Nanostructured catalyst supports 2-Oct Sep-15 US 14/ US RE46921 US 28-Sep Jun-18 EP EP DE, FR, GB, IE 20-Nov Oct-11 CN CN CN 20-Nov Mar-13 KR KR KR 20-Nov Apr-14 Nanowire structures comprising CA CA CA 20-Nov May-15 carbon JP JP JP 20-Nov Apr-14 TW TWI TW 21-Nov May-14 AU AU AU 12-Aug-11 US 11/ US US Methods for nanowire alignment and 9-Nov Jun-11 US 13/ US US deposition 23-May Aug-12 JP JP JP Methods for nanowire alignment and 9-Nov Aug-12 TW TWI TW deposition 9-Nov Jan-14 US 11/ US US Systems and methods for nanowire growth 6-Nov Aug-10 EP EP EP 6-Nov-07 Systems and methods for nanowire growth CN CN CN 6-Nov-07 2-Jan-13 Systems and methods for harvesting and US 11/ US US 20-Dec Jun-10 reducing contamination in nanowires US 11/ US US Methods for oriented growth of nanowires 20-Dec May-11 US 11/ US US on patterned substrates 20-Dec Aug-10 EP EP DE 20-Dec-06 4-Mar-15 KR KR KR Methods for oriented growth of nanowires 20-Dec Jul-13 CN CN CN on patterned substrates 20-Dec Apr-11 AU AU AU 20-Dec-06 Exemplary composite claim, EP An electrode catalyst support composite suitable for use in a membrane electrode assembly comprising: A plurality of nanowires grown on a substrate surface, the nanowires comprising silicon; and a polymer electrolyte 2. The composite of claim 1, wherein the substrate surface comprises graphite or carbon. Exemplary electrochemical cell claim, US An electrochemical cell comprising: A plurality of nanowires grown on and attached directly to a support structure comprising graphite, carbon, or a carbon composite, wherein the nanowires comprise silicon, and the nanowires are cross-linked by graphene sheets. 18. The electrochemical cell of claim 16, wherein the electrochemical cell is a battery. Selective processing of semiconductor US 11/ US US 7-Nov Aug-10 nanowires by polarized visible radiation Page 6 of 8

7 Method and system for printing aligned US 12/ US US 2-May Feb-11 nanowires and other electrical devices KR KR DE 5-May Mar-15 Methods for oriented growth of nanowires JP JP KR 5-May Oct-14 on patterned substrates TW TWI CN 6-May-08 Methods for formation of substrate 9-Dec-08 US 12/ US US elements JP JP JP 9-Dec-08 Methods for formation of substrate TW TW TW 11-Dec-08 elements KR KR Dec-08 7-Apr May-14 JP JP JP Membrane electrode assembly having a surface layer 22-Oct-09 7-May-14 US 13/ US US Electrochemical catalysts for fuel cells 22-Oct Apr-15 JP JP JP Electrochemical catalysts for fuel cells 22-Oct May-14 US 12/ US US JP JP EP Catalyst layer used for the fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell using the same, fuel cell, and a method of manufacturing the same Catalyst layer used for the fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell using the same, fuel cell, and a method of manufacturing the same 3-May Apr May Mar-15 US 12/ US US Apparatus and methods for high density nanowire growth 28-Jun-10 1-Jul-14 US 12/ US US Nanostructured materials for battery applications 19-May-10 JP JP JP 19-May-10 JP JP 2-Feb-18 KR KR KR Nanostructured materials for battery applications 19-May-10 CN CN CN 19-May-10 EP EP EP 19-May-10 9-Mar-16 Exemplary claim JP 200 (translation) 1. An additive which is added to a slurry at the time of manufacture of a battery electrode [the additive] comprising a plurality of Si based nanowires grown on a carbon based substrate and each Si based nanowire having a shell containing carbon covalently bonded to the Si based nanowire. 3. The additive according to claim 1, wherein the carbonbases substrate is carbon black, graphite, graphene, graphene powder, or graphite foil. Exemplary method claim US A method of forming a lithium-ion battery (LIB) component, comprising: providing at least one substrate structure; and electrochemically depositing a plurality of nanostructures directly onto one or more surfaces of the at least one substrate structure, wherein the nanostructures are formed via electrochemical deposition without a growth template, and the nanostructures are comprised of crystalline Si and are substantially free of amorphous Si or polycrystalline Si upon formation. Page 7 of 8

8 US 14/ US US Nanostructured battery active materials and methods of producing same 24-Jul-12 Pending JP JP JP 24-Jul-12 7-Jun-17 JP JP JP 10-Aug Jun-18 Nanostructured battery active materials and KR KR JP 24-Jul Aug-18 methods of producing same EP EP JP 24-Jul-12 Pending CN CN JP 24-Jul-12 Pending US 14/ US US Silicon nanostructure active materials for lithium 2-Oct-12 7-Nov-17 US 15/ US US ion batteries and processes, compositions, components and devices related thereto 6-Nov-17 1-Mar-18 JP JP JP Silicon nanostructure active materials for lithium 2-Oct-12 Pending EP EP EP ion batteries and processes, compositions, 2-Oct-12 Pending KR KR KR components and devices related thereto 2-Oct-12 Pending Exemplary electrode cell claim, US A catalyst support for a membrane electrode assembly of a power source comprising one or more SiC nanostructures, wherein the SiC nanostructures have at least one metal catalyst disposed thereon, wherein the SiC nanostructures comprise SiC nanopowder, wherein the SiC nanopowder is cross-linked by graphene sheets. 17. The catalyst support of claim 1, wherein the power source is a battery. US 15/ US US Anode, cell, and method of stabilizing an anode for use in a lithium ion electrochemical cell 24-Aug Jan-17 US15/ US US Manufacturing Apparatus and Method for Making 14-Jul-17 Silicon Nanowires on Carbon Based Powders for US15/ US US Use as Anodes in the Battery Industry 14-Jul-17 Page 8 of 8