Patents by Inventor Edmund Gutierrez

Edmund Gutierrez 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).

  • Metal-lipid molecules
    Patent number: 6121425
    Abstract: Novel metal-lipid molecules have the formula M-Or-L. M represents a cluster or colloid of atoms of Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, or combinations thereof. Or is an organic group covalently attached to the metal atoms. L represents a lipid moiety. In a preferred embodiment, M represents a cluster of about 50-70 gold atoms having a diameter of about 1.4 nm in diameter and L represents dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Nanoprobes, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Hainfeld, Frederic R. Furuya, Richard D. Powell, Vishwas N. Joshi, Edmund Gutierrez