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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:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicants:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Peter Kofinas, North Bethesda, MD (US);
Omar B. Ayyub, Potomac, MD (US);
Jennifer W. Sekowski, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Ta-I Yang, North Potomac, MD (US);
Assignees:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2006.01); C08F 293/00 (2006.01); C08F 8/44 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2013.01); C08F 8/44 (2013.01); C08F 293/00 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7723 (2013.01); Y10T 436/143333 (2015.01); Y10T 436/144444 (2015.01); Y10T 436/173076 (2015.01); Y10T 436/206664 (2015.01);
Abstract
A sensor system, and a method of detecting a target analyte, comprises a chemically functionalized block copolymer, and a target analyte. The block copolymer exhibits a color change in the visible spectrum upon exposure to the target analyte.