Patents by Inventor Alison May
Alison May has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20110059475Abstract: The invention relates to methods and kits for stabilising blood cell conjugates in blood samples for subsequent analysis. The invention particularly relates to methods and kits for use in fixing and stabilising platelet aggregates in blood samples, and methods for detecting the degree of platelet aggregation in a sample. The invention extends to kits for monitoring the efficacy of anti-thrombotic treatment regimes using platelet aggregation analysis. Two compositions with aliphatic aldehydes and a buffer are employed in a consecutive order. The second composition comprises addition a chelating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Jane Alison May, Stanley Heptinstal, Susan Carol Fox
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Publication number: 20100184126Abstract: A portable sampling device (2) for obtaining a biological sample from a subject comprises sample collection means (8) for excising a biological sample (14) from a subject, and sample containment means (6) for containing excised sample (14) and sample preservative (12) for preserving excised sample. The sample collection means (8) includes sample cutting means (18) adapted, inuse, to cut into the subject and release the biological sample therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERInventors: Guy Nathan Rutty, Eleanor Alison May Graham, James William Strupish
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Publication number: 20100105021Abstract: The invention provides compositions which stabilise the expression of cell surface markers. The invention further provides methods and kits comprising such compositions for use in stabilising the expression of cell surface markers. The invention is especially concerned with compositions for use in stabilising the expression of cell surface markers (such as cell activation markers) present on blood cells, such as platelets. The invention extends to methods, apparatus and kits for detecting platelet activation, and to kits for monitoring the efficacy of anti-thrombotic treatment regimes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: Jane Alison May, Stanley Heptinstall, Susna Carol Fox
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Patent number: 7122227Abstract: The invention relates to chiral photoisomerizable compounds of formula (I) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and X6 have the meanings given in claim 1, to liquid crystalline mixtures and polymers containing them, and to the use of chiral photoisomerizable compounds, liquid crystalline mixtures and polymers containing them in optical and electrooptical devices like liquid crystal displays or projection systems, in optical elements like polarizers, retardation films, compensators, color filters or holographic elements, in liquid crystal pigments and colored films or coatings for decorative or security applications, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions, in nonlinear optics and optical information storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2001Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Merck Patent GesellschaftInventors: Julian Vaughn-Spickers, Simon Greenfield, Ian Victor Edward Hassall, Christopher Dunn, Richard Harding, Tony Jenkins, Alison May
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Patent number: 6414092Abstract: The invention relates to cholesteric polymer flakes obtainable from a chiral polymerizable mesogenic material, to methods of manufacturing such cholesteric flakes, to the use of certain chiral and achiral polymerizable compounds with one or more terminal polymerizable groups for the manufacturing of such flakes and to the use of such cholesteric flakes as effect pigments in spraying or printing inks or paints or colored plastics for different applications, especially for automotive use, cosmetic products and security applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: David Coates, Mark Goulding, Alison May
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Patent number: 6344154Abstract: The invention relates to reactive liquid crystal compounds of Formula (I), wherein P=polymerizable group, Sp=spacer, X and Z=linking group, n=1, m=0, or 1, A1 and A2=ring structure and R=unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group with the proviso that m=1 and/or R—P—Sp—X group. The composition comprising reactive liquid crystal compounds of formula (I), to linear or cross-linked (co) polymers obtainable by (co) polymerizing said reactive liquid crystals or compositions and to the use of said reactive liquid crystals or compositions for the preparation of linear or cross-linked polymers or polymer films for decorative pigments, cosmetics or security applications, active and passive optical elements, color filters, scattering displays, adhesives or synthetic resins with anisotropic mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: David Coates, Simon Greenfield, Emma Jolliffe, Ian Victor Hassall, Alison May
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Patent number: 6217792Abstract: The invention relates to chiral dopants of the formula (I): R1—X1—MG1—G—MG2—X2—R2. The invention also relates to liquid crystalline materials comprising at least one chiral dopant of formula (I) and optionally at least one polymerizable mesogenic compound. The invention furthermore relates to the use of such liquid crystalline materials for the preparation of polymer films with a chiral liquid crystalline phase, for active and passive optical elements or color filters and for liquid crystal displays, for example STN, TN, AMD-TN, temperature compensation, guest-host or phase change displays, or polymer free or polymer stabilized cholesteric texture (PFCT, PSCT) displays.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Owain L Parri, Patrick Nolan, Louise D Farrand, Alison May
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Patent number: 6207770Abstract: The invention relates to cholesteric polymer flakes obtainable from a chiral polymerizable mesogenic material, to methods of manufacturing such cholesteric flakes, to the use of certain chiral and achiral polymerizable compounds with one or more terminal polymerizable groups for the manufacturing of such flakes and to the use of such cholesteric flakes as effect pigments in spraying or printing inks or paints or colored plastics for different applications, especially for automotive use, cosmetic products and security applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: David Coates, Mark Goulding, Alison May