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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:
Jan. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Paul Leslie Burn, Oxford, GB;
Ifor David William Samuel, Fife, GB;
Homar Barcena, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Isis Innovation Limited, Oxford, GB;
The University Court Of The University Of St. Andrews, Fife, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/58 (2006.01); C09K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides sensors comprising one or more compounds of formulae (I) and (II):[DENDRON]-CORE-[[X]-[DENDRON]]  (I)[DENDRON]-[X]-[DENDRON]  (II)wherein CORE, X, DENDRON, DENDRON, m, n, p, q and r are as defined herein. The optical (e.g. luminescent) and electronic properties of the compounds are capable of being altered by exposure to a number of different substances. The invention also provides the use of the compounds disclosed above in the sensing of substances, in particular explosives.