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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Michael J. Natan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Remy Cromer, San Jose, CA (US);
William E. Doering, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ian D. Walton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Natan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Remy Cromer, San Jose, CA (US);
William E. Doering, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ian D. Walton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An encapsulated surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) tag. The tag includes a metal core and an encapsulant, typically a glass encapsulant. The encapsulant is further derivatized with a polymer.