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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:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Everett E. Carpenter, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Vincent Carpenter, Laurel, MD (US);
Inventors:
Everett E. Carpenter, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Vincent Carpenter, Laurel, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention comprises nanoparticles for use with biosensors. The nanoparticles have core/shell architecture. The nanoparticles can be detected by two means, magnetic and optical by virtue of the nanoparticles magnetic core and fluorescent semiconductor shell. Methods of making the nanoparticles and their composition are described.