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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137597 | One-part, pressure activated chemiluminescent material A one-part, pressure activated chemiluminescent material is disclosed. The free-flowing powder is made by coating microcapsules, filled with a solvent and dye, with a powdered oxalate and a solid source for hydrogen peroxide. The reaction begins when the capsules ar... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7964119 | Chemiluminescent powders and methods of making and using thereof Described herein are chemiluminescent powders that can be applied to a variety of substrates that are generally sensitive to existing chemiluminescent compositions. Methods for producing the chemiluminescent compositions are also provided. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959835 | Pressure activatable chemiluminescent system useful for covert intrusion detection This invention is directed towards chemiluminescent systems useful in the practice of methods of intrusion detection, compositions useful for intrusion detection and methods for their formation, and to covert intrusion detection techniques and compositions therefore... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7919019 | Nanostructure enhanced luminescent devices The present invention relates to nanostructures for use in luminescent devices. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7883646 | Thixotropic, porous, chemiluminescent reactant composition The thixotropic composition of the instant invention may be cured to a more or less rigid form without the use of a mold. The shaped thixotropic composition includes one of the two components which when combined result in chemiluminescent light. The cured solid is u... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7799247 | Disposable chemiluminescent infrared therapy device A therapeutic device has a first chamber that retains an oxalic ester solution, and a second chamber that retains a hydrogen peroxide and fluorescer solution. The therapeutic device is activated by causing the oxalic ester solution to mix with the hydrogen peroxide ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7674406 | Chemiluminescent compositions and methods of making and using thereof Described herein are chemiluminescent compositions that can be applied to a variety of substrates that are generally sensitive to existing chemiluminescent compositions. Methods for producing the chemiluminescent compositions are also provided. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7628939 | Disposable chemiluminescent infrared therapy device A therapeutic device has a first chamber that retains an oxalic ester solution, and a second chamber that retains a hydrogen peroxide and fluorescer solution. The therapeutic device is activated by causing the oxalic ester solution to mix with the hydrogen peroxide ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7622060 | Formable, porous, chemiluminescent reactant composition and device therefor A formable, porous chemiluminescent reactant composition, device therefore, and a process for production thereof is disclosed. The fluidizable solid admixture of the instant invention may be cured to a more or less rigid form with or without the use of a mold. The c... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7438428 | Novelty glow spike A chemiluminescent glow spike includes a hand tool having a transparent plastic tube portion as a shell container for a first agent of a liquid chemiluminescent material and for a glass vial containing a second agent of the liquid chemiluminescent material. A distal... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416689 | Chemiluminescent composition The present invention provides a chemiluminescent composition including an oxalate and a fluorescent material wherein the chemiluminescent composition is mixed with a composition including hydrogen peroxide to induce chemiluminescence. The chemiluminescent compositi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404912 | Salicylamide-lanthanide complexes for use as luminescent markers The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one salicylamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the salicylamidyl ligands of the inventio... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7354692 | Photoresists for visible light imaging A class of lithographic photoresist combinations is disclosed which is suitable for use with visible light and does not require a post-exposure bake step. The disclosed photoresists are preferably chemical amplification photoresists and contain a photosensitizer hav... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335470 | Compilations of nucleic acids and arrays and methods of using them In one aspect the invention provides compilations of nucleic acids, articles of manufacture, e.g., arrays, and methods for the detection of chromosomal abnormalities, such as a chromosomal aneuploidies, deletions, amplifications, and the like, and the diagnosis or p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300766 | Polymeric ammonium and or phosphonium salts having added π-electrons and higher molecular weight as enhancers for chemiluminescent systems A compound for enhancing the light output of a chemiluminescent system and, in particular, a stabilized, triggerable 1,2-dioxetane, is obtained by reacting a polyvinylbenzyl halide and a bilinker with either a trisubstituted amine or trisubstituted phosphine. A fluo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294723 | Multifunctional cationic photoinitiators, their preparation and use Compounds of formula (I): [where: R1 is a direct bond, oxygen, a group >CH2, sulphur, a group >C═O, a group-(CH2)2— or a group-N—Ra, where Ra is hydrogen or alkyl; R3, R4, ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284941 | Method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape A method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, a method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape are provided. Air may be blown through air holes in a dicing tape to at least pa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276343 | Chemiluminescence enhancer The present invention provides a chemiluminescence enhancer treated to retain favorable dispersibility of fine solid carriers and stably exert a chemiluminescence enhancing action. The invention provides a chemiluminescence enhancer used for signal detection in a so... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252932 | Methods for the detection, analysis and isolation of nascent proteins This invention relates to non-radioactive markers that facilitate the detection and analysis of nascent proteins translated within cellular or cell-free translation systems. Nascent proteins containing these markers can be rapidly and efficiently detected, isolated ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247726 | Compounds for generating chemiluminescence with a peroxidase Novel compounds comprising a C—C double bond substituted at one carbon with two sulfur atom-containing groups are disclosed. The compounds are useful in methods and compositions for generating chemiluminescence rapidly by reaction with a peroxidase enzyme and a pe... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247693 | Monomer compound comprising several cationic groups, process for making the same, and polymers comprising units deriving therefrom A polymer includes repetitive units derived from a monomer compound according to formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, A, which is identical or different, is a g... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241021 | Emergency information lighting system An emergency information lighting system (100/200/300), comprising a primary light source (110/210/310) and a housing (112/212/312) for the primary light source (110/210). The housing (112/212/312) includes a first wall (120/220... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234827 | Chemiluminescent device A first object is to prevent the leakage of chemiluminescent liquid during chemiluminescence. A second object is to provide enhanced shock resistance. A third object is to provide enhanced hydraulic-pressure resistance and a product at a low cost. A chemiluminescent... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216998 | Chemiluminescent device A first object is to prevent the leakage of chemiluminescent liquid during chemiluminescence. A second object is to provide enhanced shock resistance. A third object is to provide enhanced hydraulic-pressure resistance and a product at a low cost. A chemiluminescent... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208767 | Electron-jump chemical energy converter A method and a device for converting energy uses chemical reactions in close proximity to or on a surface to convert a substantial fraction of the available chemical energy of the shorter lived energized products, such as vibrationally excited chemicals and hot elec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208528 | Polyamine analogues as therapeutic and diagnostic agents Novel inhibitors of polyamine transport having inhibition constants two orders of magnitude lower than those of known compounds are disclosed. These polyamine analogues are useful pharmaceutical agents for treating diseases where it is desired to inhibit polyamine t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7186568 | Electrochemiluminescence from acridan compounds Methods are disclosed for producing electrochemiluminescence by electrochemically oxidizing an acridan compound at an electrode in the presence of a peroxide. Maintaining a sufficiently positive potential results in continuous oxidation of the acridan compound to an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172879 | Detection of sphingosine kinase activity and sphingosine kinase agonist or antagonist activity The invention relates to detection of sphingosine kinase activity and sphingosine kinase agonist or antagonist activity. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160923 | Polyamine analogues as therapeutic and diagnostic agents Novel inhibitors of polyamine transport having inhibition constants two orders of magnitude lower than those of known compounds are disclosed. These polyamine analogues are useful pharmaceutical agents for treating diseases where it is desired to inhibit polyamine t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150967 | Fluorescent tags for amino acid and nucleic acid analysis Methods and kits for labeling and detecting thiol containing species and nucleic acids using mercurimethyl-dihydropsoralen compounds and derivatives thereof which intercalate nucleic acids and are highly reactive with thiol containing species are provided. Fluoresce... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147801 | Ink jet ink composition and method for security marking Disclosed is an ink composition suitable for ink jet printing comprising a luminescent compound, a solvent, and an energy active compound, and optionally a non-luminescent colorant. The energy active compound, when exposed to energy, generates one or more active spe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141385 | Microcantilever apparatus and methods for detection of enzymes, enzyme substrates, and enzyme effectors An apparatus and a method are provided for detecting an enzyme, or or for detecting a substrate of an enzyme or for detecting an enzyme effector such as an inhibitor, by measuring a change in deflection of a microcantilever having a substrate or an enzyme, respectiv... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140940 | Plasma display panel manufacturing method for manufacturing a plasma display panel with superior picture quality, a manufacturing apparatus, and a phosphor ink The present invention intends to provide a manufacturing method for a PDP that can continuously apply phosphor ink for a long time and can accurately and evenly produce phosphor layers even when the cell construction is very fine. To do so, phosphor ink is continuou... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7119272 | Gas specie electron-jump chemical energy converter An apparatus and method for extracting energy is provided. In one aspect the method includes using chemical reactions to generate vibrationally excited molecules, such as high-quantum-number-vibrationally-excited gas molecules in a region. The vibration energy in th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105310 | Detection of biomolecules by sensitizer-linked substrates Methods and compositions for detecting and characterizing target biomolecules using sensitizer-linked substrate molecules are disclosed. High throughput screening assays and therapeutic applications of the inventions are also included ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097995 | Chemiluminescent acridinium compounds and analogues thereof as substrates of hydrolytic enzymes A chemiluminescent substrate of a hydrolytic enzyme having the following general Formula I is disclosed, as follows: Lumi-M-PFormula I where “Lumi” is a chemiluminescent moiety capable of producing light (a) by itself, (b) with MP attached an... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090790 | Chemiluminescent composition producing white light Disclosed herein is a chemiluminescent composition that can produce bight pure white light even at a low temperature. The chemiluminescent composition producing white light comprises a blue or green fluorescer or a mixture thereof as a fluorescer, and a 1,6,7,12-tet... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083986 | Near infrared chemiluminescent acridinium compounds and uses thereof A method for the detection or quantitation of an analyte in a biological sample is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting a biological sample suspected of containing a target analyte and binding the target analyte in the sample to a binding partner c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074365 | Detector for halogen toxicants and method The invention herein provides for the detection of certain organic halogen-containing agents or toxicants such as sarin, chloropicrin, mustard gas, mustard chlorohydrin, phosgene, chlorine, soman, lewisite, diphosgene and others by, in one embodiment, first reacting... | 07/11/2006 |
