Patents by Inventor Donna Kay Barton

Donna Kay Barton 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).

  • Patent number: 11467126
    Abstract: A device including at least one sensing bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator including a sensing surface; a fluid channel, wherein the sensing surface of the at least one sensing BAW resonator is disposed adjacent to or within the fluid channel; at least one resistive heater; and at least one temperature detector, wherein the at least one temperature detector is configured to monitor the temperature adjacent to the at least one BAW resonator and affect a current to be passed through the at least one resistive heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Bell, Rick Morton, William Crawford Randle, Cody William Rombach, Donna Kay Barton
  • Publication number: 20210140922
    Abstract: A device including at least one sensing bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator including a sensing surface; a fluid channel, wherein the sensing surface of the at least one sensing BAW resonator is disposed adjacent to or within the fluid channel; at least one resistive heater; and at least one temperature detector, wherein the at least one temperature detector is configured to monitor the temperature adjacent to the at least one BAW resonator and affect a current to be passed through the at least one resistive heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Florian Bell, Rick Morton, William Crawford Randle, Cody William Rombach, Donna Kay Barton
  • Patent number: 10739339
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for imaging a microarray of a microarray assembly. The microarray assembly may be configured as a protein microarray and may be used to visualize protein expression levels in sample for disease detection and/or diagnosis. In one example, the microarray assembly may comprise a laser pointed in a first direction, a camera positioned parallel to and vertically below the laser, a first dichroic mirror vertically aligned with the laser for reflecting light emitted from the laser, a second mirror vertically aligned with the camera and horizontally aligned with the first dichroic mirror, and a chip coated in a nitrocellulose film and including an array of wells containing one or more biomolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Grace Bio-Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Gene Bell, Jacob Burrel Wells, Donna Kay Barton, Jennipher Lyn Grudzien
  • Publication number: 20170099415
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for imaging a microarray of a microarray assembly. The microarray assembly may be configured as a protein microarray and may be used to visualize protein expression levels in sample for disease detection and/or diagnosis. In one example, the microarray assembly may comprise a laser pointed in a first direction, a camera positioned parallel to and vertically below the laser, a first dichroic mirror vertically aligned with the laser for reflecting light emitted from the laser, a second mirror vertically aligned with the camera and horizontally aligned with the first dichroic mirror, and a chip coated in a nitrocellulose film and including an array of wells containing one or more biomolecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Florian Gene Bell, Jacob Burrel Wells, Donna Kay Barton, Jennipher Lyn Grudzien