Patents by Inventor Jennifer Rachel Amey

Jennifer Rachel Amey 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).

  • Conjugated nanoparticles and their use in detection of latent fingerprints
    Patent number: 8377714
    Abstract: Novel conjugates of nanoparticles are provided and have particular utility in the detection of latent fingerprints by their ability to bind to a fingerprint residue. The conjugate comprises a nanoparticle attached to a linker group having a terminal reactive moiety, wherein said nanoparticle comprises a core of a first semiconductor material having a first luminescence and a shell of a second material which at least partially surrounds the core. The conjugated nanoparticle can bind to the fingerprint residue and can be detected using fluorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of St Andrews
    Inventors: David John Cole-Hamilton, Ifor David William Sámuel, Jennifer Rachel Amey, John William Bond