Patents

Provisional U.S. Patent Applications

Direct, instantaneous measurement of energy flux and heat conversion in microvolume samples

D.K. Roper, W. Ahn

U.S. Provisional Application. Reference number 0274-7999US

Increasing heat transduction via surface plasmon resonance by modulating resonant continuous-wave irradiation

D.K. Roper, W. Ahn

U.S. Patent Application No. 12/525,391 filed on July, 2009

Apparatus and methods for increasing lateral mass transfer over molecule sensors

D.K. Roper

U.S. Provisional Application filed Dec. 30, 2005. Reference number 0275-7630US.

Tunable spectroscopic enhancement via transforming electroless plating into metal films with predictable optical features

D.K. Roper, W. Ahn, B. Taylor, Y. Dall’ Asen

U.S. Provisional Application. Reference number U-4377 (083404-0139).

European Patents

Staphylococcus aureus exopolysaccharide and process

J.G. Joyce, J.C. Cook, C. Abeygunawarda, K.M. Grimm, C.T. Przysiecki, R.W. Hepler, C.C. Ip, D.K. Roper, Q.W. Xu, K.U. Jansen, P.M. Keller, L.D. Cope

E.P. Patent 1,455,817. December 31, 2008

U.S. Patents

Staphylococcus aureus exopolysaccharide and process

J.G. Joyce, J.C. Cook, C. Abeygunawarda, K.M. Grimm, C.T. Przysiecki, R.W. Hepler, C.C. Ip, D.K. Roper, Q.W. Xu, K.U. Jansen, P.M. Keller, L.D. Cope

U.S. Patent 7,157,443. Issued January 2, 2007

Simultaneous amplification and detection of deoxyribonucleic acid by an optical method using surface plasmon resonance

D.K. Roper

U.S. Patent 7,988,672. Issued August 13, 2011

Method of making nanoparticles by electroless plating

D.K. Roper, W. Ahn, B.J. Taylor, Y. Dall’ Asen

U.S. Patent 8,097,295. Issued January 17, 2012

Published U.S. Patent Applications

Direct measurement of sorption on 3-D surfaces such as resins, membranes or other preformed materials using lateral dispersion to estimate rapid sorption kinetics or high binding capacities

D.K. Roper

U.S. Patent Application 2005271141. Filed Nov. 9, 2004.