# US 12,759,883 B2 · Allotrope of carbon having increased electron delocalization > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,883 B2 - Document ID: US12759883B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/644,441 - Filed: 2024-04-24 - Published: 2025-07-10 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-17 - Assignees: Structured Nano Carbon LLC - Applicants: Structured Nano Carbon LLC - Inventors: Charles Danny Cross; Larry Herbert Kirby; Thomas Frank Bailey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759883B2 ## CPC - C01B 32/194: After-treatment - C01B 32/18: Nanoonions; Nanoscrolls; Nanohorns; Nanocones; Nanowalls - A61K 33/44: Elemental carbon, e.g. charcoal, carbon black - B82Y 30/00: Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites - B82Y 40/00: Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures - C01B 2204/04: Specific amount of layers or specific thickness - C01B 2204/22: Electronic properties - C01P 2004/32: Spheres - C08K 3/042: {Graphene or derivatives, e.g. graphene oxides} - C10M 125/02: Carbon; Graphite - C01B: NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; {METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C} - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - B82Y: SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES - C01P: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS - C08K: Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients (paints, inks, varnishes, dyes, polishes, adhesives C09) - C10M: LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS (well drilling compositions C09K8/02); USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION (mould release, i.e. separating, agents for metals B22C3/00, for plastics or substances in a plastic state, in general B29C33/56, for glass C03B40/02; textile lubricating compositions D06M11/00, D06M13/00, D06M15/00; immersion oils for microscopy G02B21/33) ## Abstract Anti-inflammatory agents, antioxidants, electronic devices, batteries, capacitors, lubricants, coatings and paints, each containing a newly discovered allotrope of carbon having a multilayered nanocarbon array, and which exhibits, among other properties, exceptional stability, electrical conductivity and electromagnetic frequency (emf) attenuation characteristics. Members of this new allotrope include nanocarbon structures possessing vast electron delocalization in multiple directions, unavailable to known fullerene-characterized materials like carbon nano-onions (CNOs), multiwalled carbon nano-tubes (MWNTs), graphene, carbon nano-horns, and carbon nano-ellipsoids. Such stabilizing electron delocalization crosses or proceeds between layers, as well as along layers, in multiple directions within a continuous cyclic structure having an advanced interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array, apart from incidental defects. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An anti-inflammatory agent comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The anti-inflammatory agent of claim 1, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The anti-inflammatory agent of claim 1, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 4 An antioxidant comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The antioxidant of claim 4, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The antioxidant of claim 4, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 7 An electronic device sheath comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device sheath of claim 7, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electronic device sheath of claim 7, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) A Wi-Fi system comprising the electronic device sheath of claim 7. ### Claim 11 A battery comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The battery of claim 11, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The battery of claim 11, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 14 A capacitor comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The capacitor of claim 14, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The capacitor of claim 14, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 17 A computer comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer of claim 17, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The computer of claim 17, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 20 A cell phone comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The cell phone of claim 20, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The cell phone of claim 20, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 23 A lubricant comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The lubricant of claim 23, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The lubricant of claim 23, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 26 A coating or a paint, each comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The coating or the paint of claim 26, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The coating or the paint of claim 26, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms. ### Claim 29 A 3D printer or a 2D printer, each comprising a carbon material that comprises a multilayered three dimensional nanocarbon array present in catenated states, wherein stabilizing electron delocalization crosses between layers in an interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array; and wherein the carbon material is derived from a catenated fullerene carbon nano-onion (CNO) precursor. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The 3D printer or the 2D printer of claim 29, wherein the carbon material is functionalized. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The 3D printer or the 2D printer of claim 29, wherein the carbon material is doped with one or more heteroatoms.