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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:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Knut Johansen, Linköping, SE;
Mats Rånby, Vreta Kloster, SE;
Inventors:
Knut Johansen, Linköping, SE;
Mats Rånby, Vreta Kloster, SE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2006.01); G01J 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surface plasmon apparatus includes a light source, a sensor unit for Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) which includes a transparent sensor structure forming at least one wall of a cavity, the wall being defined by a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface, wherein the inner surface is provided with a layer of a conductive material capable of supporting a surface plasmon, a flow structure in the cavity so as to form at least one compartment for sample between the flow structure and the inner wall of the cavity, a detector for detecting reflected light from the sensor unit, and a processing unit.