Eastman-kodak Company

Carestream Health, Inc.

Bruker Biospin Gmbh

Brian J Kelley

Tiecheng A Qiao

Mridula Nair

Yongcai Wang

Joseph Salvatore Sedita

Lloyd A Lobo

Jeffrey W Leon

John W Harder

David A Stegman

William J Harrison

Ruizheng Wang

James R Bennett

Hans F Schmitthenner

Tao Ji

Yonghong Yang

The present invention relates to a loaded particle comprising at least one fluorescent dye, and in particular, a fluorescent dye with a large Stokes shift. The invention further relates to a method for producing an loaded latex particle, loaded with a fluorescent dye having a large stokes shift. In addition, the present invention relates to latex particles loaded with fluorescent dyes that are organic solvent soluble and insoluble in water. In a preferred embodiment, when the dyes are loaded into the water soluble latex particle, an increase is observed in quantum yield of fluorescence as compared to the quantum yield of the dye in aqueous solvent.

Loaded latex optical molecular imaging probes containing lipophilic large stokes shift dyes

The present invention relates to a method of detecting nucleic acids comprising suspending at least one recognizable target nucleic acid in a suspending solution containing polymeric particles marked with a probe, wherein the probe has an affinity for the target nucleic acid, adding a recognition unit-peroxidase conjugate marker to the suspending solution, forming a complex of the polymeric particles marked with a probe, the target nucleic acid and the recognition unit-peroxidase conjugate marker, contacting the suspending solution with a gelatin surface, adding a developer to the suspending solution in contact with the gelatin surface in the presence of phenol to attach the complex to the gelatin surface, washing the gelatin surface, and detecting the complex attached to the gelatin surface.

Method and system for nucleic acid detection

The present invention relates to a method of detecting biological analytes comprising suspending a target analyte in a suspending solution containing polymeric particles marked with a probe, wherein the probe has an affinity for said target analyte; adding recognition unit-peroxidase conjugate marker to the suspending solution; forming a complex of the target analyte, the polymeric particles marked with a probe, and the recognition unit-peroxidase conjugate marker; contacting a gelatin surface with the suspending solution; adding developer to the suspending solution in contact with the gelatin surface in the presence of phenol to attach the complex to the gelatin surface; washing the gelatin surface; and detecting the complex attached to the gelatin surface.

Method for sensitive detection of multiple biological analytes

The present invention relates to photographic elements, including photographic prints, having a protective overcoat that resists fingerprints, common stains, and spills. More particularly, the present invention provides a processing-solution-permeable protective overcoat that is water resistant in the final processed product and which, at the same time, provides improved wet-abrasion resistance.

Imaged element with improved wet abrasion resistance

The present invention is also directed to a method of photoprocessing a photographic imaging element having a processing-solution-permeable overcoat that comprises at least one water-dispersible hydrophobic polymer interspersed with a water-soluble hydrophilic polymer. During photoprocessing, a surface-active water-soluble hydrophilic polymer is leached into a photoprocessing solution. However, foaming due to the hydrophilic polymer in the photoprocessing solution is prevented by the presence of a non-ionic surfactant having an HLB of less than 12.

Photoprocessing photographic elements comprising water soluble hydrophilic polymers

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Brian J Kelley