The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Francesco Caruso, Melbourne, AU;
Jugal K. Gupta, Houston, TX (US);
Sri Sivakumar, Kanpur, IN;
Inventors:
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Francesco Caruso, Melbourne, AU;
Jugal K. Gupta, Houston, TX (US);
Sri Sivakumar, Kanpur, IN;
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/32 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 33/542 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/54373 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); Y10S 514/938 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides oil emulsion droplets and a general and facile method for providing same through the use of templating multilayer capsules. The oil emulsion droplets are further useful in fabricating liquid crystal droplet-based biosensors for the detection of target analytes such as bacteria or viruses in a sample.