Patents by Inventor Allan Prior

Allan Prior 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).

  • Electrochemical detection of proteases using AC voltammetry on nanoelectrode arrays
    Patent number: 9850520
    Abstract: An electrochemical method for measuring the activity of enzymes using nanoelectrode arrays fabricated with vertically aligned carbon nanofibers. Short peptide substrates specific to disease-related enzymes are covalently attached to the exposed nanofiber tips. A redox moiety, such as ferrocene, can be linked at the distal end of the nanofibers. Contact of the arrays with a biological sample containing one or more target enzymes results in cleavage of the peptides and changes the redox signal of the redox moiety indicating the presence of the target enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jun Li, Duy Hua, Lateef Uddin Syed, Allan Prior, Luxi Swisher
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF PROTEASES USING AC VOLTAMMETRY ON NANOELECTRODE ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20150011421
    Abstract: An electrochemical method for measuring the activity of enzymes using nanoelectrode arrays fabricated with vertically aligned carbon nanofibers. Short peptide substrates specific to disease-related enzymes are covalently attached to the exposed nanofiber tips. A redox moiety, such as ferrocene, can be linked at the distal end of the nanofibers. Contact of the arrays with a biological sample containing one or more target enzymes results in cleavage of the peptides and changes the redox signal of the redox moiety indicating the presence of the target enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Li, Duy Hua, Lateef Uddin Syed, Allan Prior, Luxi Swisher