{"id":295446,"date":"2023-05-18T11:47:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T10:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=295446"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T10:47:13","slug":"list-of-nigerian-inventors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/list-of-nigerian-inventors\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Nigerian Inventors\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All around the world, people strive to improve upon machines, products, or processes to bring about increased efficiency or reduce cost. Some others go on to develop entirely new concepts. Both classes of people in the first two sentences are referred to as inventors. There are Nigerians all over the world who are credited for one or more inventions. In this article, we would be mentioning them, and their inventions as well as indicating if such inventions have been patented. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295447\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/List-of-Nigerian-Inventors-.jpg\" alt=\"List of Nigerian Inventors\u00a0\" width=\"607\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/List-of-Nigerian-Inventors-.jpg 607w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/List-of-Nigerian-Inventors--600x395.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a list of Nigerian inventors:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Samuel Achilefu<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuel Achilefu is credited with several inventions, some of which have been granted patent rights by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Notable of his invention is the CancerVision Goggle. Below is a list of his inventions that patents have already been granted by the USPTO:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dichromic fluorescent compounds<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 11406719<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compositions and methods for treatment and imaging using nanoparticles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 11007286<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fluorescent polymethine cyanine dyes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 8344158<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compositions and methods for treatment and imaging using nanoparticles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9974870<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homing agents<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9849201<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Silas Adekunle\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silas Adekunle is a Nigerian inventor that is widely known for creating the world&#8217;s first gaming robot. He and three others are credited for the invention of the gaming robot. Below are the details of the patent that has been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the gaming robot:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaming robot<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 10610792<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, the just past Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is an inventor that has 5 patents, including those that have already been granted and those still pending. Below is a list of her patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for her inventions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controlled release pharmaceutical<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 6566347<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orally administrable time release drug containing products<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent number: 6156340<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year Patent was Granted: 2000<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In-situ gel ophthalmic drug delivery system of estradiol or other estrogen for prevention of cataracts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 8679511<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to note that she and others contributed to the invention of the above-mentioned inventions. Antiretroviral drug formulations for treatment of children exposed to HIV\/AIDS is one of her inventions (with the contributions of two others) that&#8217;s still pending to be granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwade\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwade is a Nigerian inventor who has several inventions that have already been granted patents by the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USTPO) as well as those whose applications are still pending by the same body. Below is a list of his inventions that have been granted by the USPTO:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distributed, field emission-based X-ray source for phase contrast imaging<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 10068740<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Method for coded-source phase contrast X-ray imaging<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 10045752<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-aligned gated emitter tip arrays<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9196447<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Precise hand-assembly of microfabricated components<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7900336<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organic field emission device<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 6870312<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2005<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These above-mentioned inventions had other contributors aside from Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Deji Akinwade\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deji Akinwade is a Nigerian inventor who is credited with inventions in the fields of electronics and nanotechnology. He has filed for patents to protect his inventions. Some have been awarded while others are still pending. Below is a list of patents of Deji Akinwade that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration of air-sensitive two-dimensional materials on arbitrary substrates for the manufacturing of electronic devices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 10242884<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration of monolayer graphene with a semiconductor device<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 10175187<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhanced sensitivity of graphene gas sensors using molecular doping<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9869651<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electrical interconnection for high-frequency devices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7408119<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that some of these inventions had other contributors aside from Deji Akinwade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Adebayo Alonge\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adebayo Alonge is widely known for inventing the RxScanner, a handheld device for patients to verify their drugs. This invention earned him and his team at the US-based deep tech start-up firm, RxAll Inc. the 2019 BNP Paribas Group Tech Award, which made him the first African to ever win the Hello Tomorrow Global Deep Tech Challenge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Jessica O. Idoni-Matthews<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica O. Idoni-Matthews is a Nigerian-American inventor who is known for the invention of SOCKETT, which she and her coursemates at Havard developed as an assignment. SOCKETT is a football that harnesses and stores energy from play for later use as a portable power source.\u00a0 She has several other investments but the SOCKETT is what has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ThBelow are the details for her invention that has received patent rights by USPTO:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy storing device and method of using the same(SOCKETT)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9517388<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mass production of SOCKETT was discontinued in 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Kunle Olukotun<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kunle Olukotun is a British-born Nigerian inventor who holds 12 patents for his inventions. Some of those inventions have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office while some are still pending. Below is a list of his inventions that patents have already been granted:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-core multi-thread processor crossbar architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 8463996<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-core multi-thread processor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7209996<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DRAM power management<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 6938119<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request arbitration in multi-core processor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7133950<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2006<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-core multi-thread processor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7873785<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two of the above inventions had other people contribute to them aside from Kunle Olukotun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Olagoke Olabisi<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olagoke Olabisi is a 79-Year-old Nigerian American inventor that has earned several patents for his inventions. Below are the patents of Olagoke Olabisi:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catalyst and process for ethylene oligomerization<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Patent No.: 6,184,428\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2001<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structural Foam Products &amp; Processes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada Patent No.: 1098273\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1982<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structural foam molding process<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Patent No.: 4255368:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1981<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Process for molding of plastic structural web articles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Patent No.: 4247515<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1981<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structural Web Products &amp; Processes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada Patent No.: 1098273<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1981<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molded plastic structural web articles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Patent No.: 4244642<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1980<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Process for the molding of plastic structural web and the resulting articles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Patent No. 4136220<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1979\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structural Web Products &amp; Processes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgium Patent No. 855664\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1978<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structural Web Products &amp; Processes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spain Patent No.: 459748\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1978<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>John Oluseun Dabiri<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Dabiri is a Nigerian-American who is credited with several inventions. He has filed for patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to protect his inventions. Some have been granted while others are still pending. Here is a list of granted patents of John Dabiri&#8217;s inventions (some of the inventions had other contributors aside from himself):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7864305<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V-shaped arrangements of turbines<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9175669<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tissue-engineered pumps and valves and uses thereof<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9669141<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devices and methods for harvesting power from arrays of wind turbines<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9214811<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methods and systems for comparing vertical axis turbine arrays and providing configurations thereof<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 8949097<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methods and systems for comparing vertical axis turbine arrays and providing configurations thereof<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9399981<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Ndubuisi John Ekekwe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a Nigerian inventor that holds two patents for his inventions, of which one has already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) while the other is still pending. Below are his inventions and their status:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptive and reconfigurable system for Dc motor control<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publication number: 20080247735<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Status: Pending\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filed: April 3, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publication date: October 9, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inventors: Peter Kazanzides, Ndubuisi John Ekekwe, Ralph Etienne-Cummings<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptive and reconfigurable system for DC motor control<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7835630<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Status: Patent granted<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inventors: Peter Kazanzides, Ndubuisi John Ekekwe, Ralph Etienne-Cummings<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Soni Olufemi Olubunmi Oyekan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soni O. Olubunmi is a Nigerian-American inventor who holds 5 US patents and at least 9 global patents for his numerous inventions. Below is a list of United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patents that have already been granted to inventor Soni O. Oyekan for his inventions:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low coke reforming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9371493<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mixed additives low coke reforming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 9371494<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feed additives for CCR reforming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 8778823<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activation of platinum containing reforming catalysts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 4539307<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1985<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catalytic reforming process<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 4436612<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 1984<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Jelani Aliyu\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jelani Aliyu is a Nigerian inventor credited with several inventions, particularly in the automobile industry. Below is a list of patents that he filed for with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that has been granted:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehicle body<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: D611879<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehicle fender extension<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: D840302<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehicle front bumper<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: D860078<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehicle grille<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: D863135<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehicle hood assembly<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: D863154<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehicle front bumper<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent number: D889331<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should point out that Jelani A. Aliyu worked as a member of a team in the above-mentioned inventions. Therefore, he isn&#8217;t the only person credited with the inventions stated above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Omowunmi A. Sadiq<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omowunmi A. Sadiq holds U.S. patents in biosensors and sustainable nanotechnology. Below is a list of her patented inventions that have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Packaging material and methods of using the same<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 11091597<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultra-sensitive, portable capillary sensor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 8414844<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultra-sensitive, portable capillary sensor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 7708944<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Synthesis, characterization, and application of pyridylazo bioconjugates as diagnostic and therapeutic agents<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 6602989<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Method and apparatus for pulsed electrochemical detection using polymer electroactive electrodes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 5403451<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted:\u00a0 1995<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Ilesanmi Adesida<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilesanmi Adesida is credited with several inventions. Below are the USPTO-patented inventions of Ilesanmi Adesida:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Method to metallize ohmic electrodes to P-type group III nitrides<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 6586328<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low dark current photodetector<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 5880482<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 1999<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metal-assisted chemical etch to produce porous group III-V materials<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent No.: 6762134<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year the Patent was Granted: 2004<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all of these inventions of Ilesanmi Adesida, other people contributed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Ayodele Oluwatumininu Awojobi\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should point out that some of these inventions, especially those that have already been patented, not only the names mentioned in this article were solely responsible. Most times, inventors work in groups or as a team, therefore, the credits would go to all of them. We just stated the Nigerians that were part of such teams. 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