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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120070362 | QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF GAS PHASE PROCESS INTERMEDIATES USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY A method for quantitatively monitoring gas phase materials in a chemical process is provided and includes, providing a gaseous feed stream containing one or more reactant gases of interest; exposing the gaseous feed stream to coherent radiation from a Raman spectroscopi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20110300638 | Ion Mobility Spectrometers An ion mobility spectrometer has a reaction region separated from a drift region by an electrostatic gate. A doping circuit supplies a dopant to the reaction region but the drift region is undoped. Two high field ion modifiers are located one after the other in the drif... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300567 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING REDOX ACTIVITY AND SCREENING COMPOUNDS BASED ON REDOX ACTIVITY A method for identifying the redox activity of a subject compound is disclosed. The method can be performed aerobically and can include forming a mixture comprising a free-radical precursor and a compound to be tested, and converting the free-radical precursor into a fr... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110274774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING TRADITIONAL MEDICINES Methods of defining a standard for a traditional medicine are provided. A method can comprise obtaining at least two samples of the traditional medicine that have been authenticated by qualitative profiling as representing a control positive; quantitatively profiling ea... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269236 | System and Method for Determining Acid Content in Generally Hydrophic Products A system and method of characterizing an at least partially hydrophobic sample. The method includes providing an ethanolic solution of ethanol and sodium hydrogen cyanamide, adding a first portion of the ethanolic solution to a sample to produce a reagent-sample mixture... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256578 | Detection method using nanoaggregate-embedded beads and system thereof The invention discloses a detection method using nanoaggregate-embedded beads and system thereof, which are characterized in that the nanoaggregate of Raman dye and metal nanoparticles is coated by an inorganic oxide to form a nanoaggregate-embedded bead, and which is t... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110151586 | POLYMER ENCAPSULATED PARTICLES AS SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING PROBES The present invention refers to a Raman active composite material comprising a metal particle; a coating layer of a Raman active molecule bound to the metal particle; and an encapsulating layer of an amphiphilic polymer bound to the metal particle. The present invention... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110097815 | ANIONIC SURFACTANT DETECTION Disclosed herein are methods for the detection and/or quantification of anionic surfactants. Also disclosed herein are test kits, which utilize the disclosed methods, to estimate the anionic surfactant concentration in samples, such as environmentally-derived samples. I... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110059462 | AUTOMATED PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION SYSTEM An automated system for concentrating potentially harmful substances from various water types or other non-viscous liquids to facilitate detection of those substances is disclosed herein. The automated system comprises a water pressure driven or pump driven concentratio... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20100330703 | ASSAYS INVOLVING COLORIMETRIC AND OTHER SIGNALING The present invention generally relates to particles and, in particular, to methods of determining binding involving particles, e.g., using colorimetric and other signaling techniques. In one aspect, a mixture of particles of different colors (e.g., at least a first col... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100330692 | AMMONIA DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE There is disclosed an apparatus and method for detecting and measuring volatile acidic or basic components including ammonia, ammonium, or volatile amines (compound) in a gas or liquid state fluid. Specifically, the present invention provides a PTFE-carrier solid phase ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100291701 | CYANIDE AND RELATED SPECIES DETECTION WITH METAL SURFACES An assay method and kit for detecting a chemical. The method and kit utilize a metal surface capable of surface enhanced Raman Scattering. The metal surface may be provided in the form of one or more nanoparticles, to increase the surface enhanced Raman Scattering capab... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100291599 | LARGE AREA SCANNING APPARATUS FOR ANALYTE QUANTIFICATION BY SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND METHOD OF USE Raman spectra of protein immunoblots or enzyme linked immunosorbant assay procedures are acquired with a scanning Raman spectrometer. The sensitivity of the measurement is increased by conjugating secondary antibodies used in the Western blot and ELISA methods to surfac... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100248379 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH LAYERED PLASMON STRUCTURE FOR ENHANCED DETECTION OF CHEMICAL GROUPS BY SERS An optical sensor and method for use with a visible-light laser excitation beam and a Raman spectroscopy detector, for detecting the presence chemical groups in an analyte applied to the sensor are disclosed. The sensor includes a substrate, a plasmon resonance mirror f... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100226935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING TRADITIONAL MEDICINES Methods of defining a standard for a traditional medicine are provided. A method can comprise obtaining at least two samples of the traditional medicine that have been authenticated by qualitative profiling as representing a control positive; quantitatively profiling ea... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100221843 | Device for Investigating Chemical Interactions and Process Utilizing Such Device The invention relates to a device for investigating reactions between interactive species, said device comprising: one or more plasma deposited layers, which layers comprise one or more first pre-selected functional group species, which functional group species are inte... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100167412 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CONCENTRATION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYTES A sensor system for determining a concentration of chemical and biological analytes is disclosed, which comprises a disposable reagent-carrying pipette tip; a liquid handling unit to which the pipette tip can be detachably mounted, the liquid handling unit capable of wi... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100129926 | COPD DETERMINATION There is provided a method of determining the status of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of a human. The method comprises (a) performing a spectral analysis of a sample collected from said human; (b) comparing the spectra produced by said analysis at (a) aga... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100093105 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE USING CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD USING THE MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Provided is a microfluidic device including: a sample chamber; at least one analyzing unit receiving a sample from the sample chamber and detecting components contained in the sample according to a reaction of the sample and a reagent; and a denaturation detection chamb... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100075361 | METHODS OF GENERATING FLORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET) BETWEEN SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS AND FLUORESCENT DYES/PROTEINS VIA MULTI-PHOTON EXCITATION, ACHIEVING ZERO BACKGROUND OR DIRECT EXCITATION CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FRET SIGNATURE A system and method of sensing physiological conditions in biological applications includes a laser source for optically exciting a plurality of luminescent quantum dots and a plurality of biomolecules in a nanoscale sensing system having a nanocrystal structure, where ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100035359 | FUNCTIONALISED POLYMERS FOR BINDING METAL SURFACES The invention relates generally to polyvalent macromolecules comprising: (a) a polymer backbone and (b) pendent groups attached to said polymer backbone, wherein some or all of said pendent groups comprise: (i) optionally a linker, (ii) a surface-seeking group, which is... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100028908 | NOVEL DETECTION SYSTEM The present invention relates to methods of making nanoarrays for use in detecting species formed on the surface of the array using SE(R)RS. The methods can involve nanolithographic printing of a compound by dip pen nanolithographic printing. A SE(R)RS substrate can be ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100022020 | Compositions for surface enhanced infrared absorption spectra and methods of using same A composition comprising a substrate and at least one adsorbate associated with the substrate wherein the composition has an enhanced infrared absorption spectra. A method comprising tuning a nanoparticle to display a plasmon resonance in the infrared, associating an ad... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090311798 | SE(R)RS DISPLACEMENT ASSAY A detection method is described for detecting an analyte, in particular nucleic acids, in a sample using SE(R)RS, without the need for labeling of the analyte. The detection method is based on the displacement of a labeled surrogate target probe from a capture probe by ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090209865 | Optical analyzer An optical analyzer performing analysis excellent in spatial resolution and in invasion depth is provided. The analyzer includes a diagnostic light source section including a seed light source which outputs seed light, and a silica optical fiber to which seed light is i... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090176221 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE USING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS AS DETECTABLE LABEL The use of semiconductor nanocrystals as detectable labels in various chemical and biological applications is disclosed. The methods find use for detecting a single analyte, as well as multiple analytes by using more than one semiconductor nanocrystal as a detectable la... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20080299673 | Method for Employing a Biosensor to Detect Small Molecules ("Fragments") that Bind Directly to Immobilized Protein Targets The invention provides method of detecting interactions of small molecules with target molecules.... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080286774 | Real-time individualized therapy evaluation A method of individually optimizing drug therapy to a patient that includes the steps of administering a dose of a radiolabeled drug or fluorescent tags or drugs with inherent fluorescent properties to the patient in connection with chemotherapy, collecting a sample fro... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080254469 | Method for Regenerating Hydrophilic and Osteophilic Surface of an Implant Described herein are methods for testing an aged surface on an implant, methods for regenerating a hydrophilic and osteophilic surface on the implant and kits therefor.... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080241954 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE STATUS OF COPD IN HUMANS A method of determining the status of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of a human that includes the steps of performing a spectral analysis of a sputum sample collected from the human; comparing the spectra produced by the analysis against a reference; and d... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080164212 | Method for Determining and Controlling the Formation of Deposits In a Water System The invention relates to a method for determining and controlling inorganic and/or organic deposits in a water system, preferably a paper and/or board machine re-circulation system. According to said method, one or more probes are introduced into the water system, then ... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080160632 | Use of mesoscale self-assembly and recognition to effect delivery of sensing reagent for arrayed sensors A system and method for the detection of analytes in a fluid, in one embodiment, includes a light source, a sensor array, sensing elements, and a detector. More particularly, the system and method relate to discriminating mixtures of analytes in a fluid. The sensor arra... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080135490 | Quantum dot biolabeling and immunomagnetic separation for detection of contaminants Methods are provided for detecting, separating, isolating and quantifying contaminants in starting materials by separating the contaminant from the starting material using a bead coupled to an affinity moiety and quantum dot-labeling the contaminant. The contaminant is ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080138908 | Mass Spectrometry An object of the invention is to provide a method for enabling MSn (n>) analysis of a trace amount of a sample and easily and rapidly obtaining structural information by identifying a bonding position of the labeling compound in a molecule with the MSn <... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080131869 | Method For Detecting An Analyte The present invention discloses an improved method for detecting an analyte. The present invention may be used for sensing devices which have a higher sensitivity and which can be used to detect very low concentration of analyte. In one embodiment, the method comprises ... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080014654 | Efficient fluorimetric analyzer for single-walled carbon nanotubes The present invention is directed toward methods and devices for analyzing populations of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on the basis of their fluorescence properties and the comparison of said properties to fluorescence profiles of pre-determined SWNT composition... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080014653 | Spectral analysis system utilizing water vapor plasma A system and method for analysis of minute quantities of contaminants in water. Liquid water is converted to water vapor and then excited into a plasma state with microwave radiation. Optical emissions from the plasma are spectrally analyzed to provide qualitative and/o... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070254377 | Nano-enhanced raman spectroscopy substrate packaging structure Packaged NERS-active structures are disclosed that include a NERS substrate having a NERS-active structure thereon, and a packaging substrate over the NERS substrate having an opening therethrough, the opening in alignment with the NERS-active structure. A membrane may ... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070224694 | Method and system for hyperspectral detection of animal diseases An entirely new application for hyperspectral data has been identified as well as an entirely new means to detect TSE related diseases. This application can be applied to any disease where foreign matter builds in an observable location such as central nervous system ti... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070212791 | Differential reflection spectroscopy system and method for detecting explosives and other target materials A system and method for identifying explosive or other target materials includes the steps of irradiating a first location and a second location spaced apart from the first location from a sample suspected of including explosives with ultraviolet, visible or infrared li... | 09/13/2007 |
