Patents by Inventor Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire

Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire 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).

  • Chiral polyanilines and the synthesis thereof
    Patent number: 6090985
    Abstract: The present invention generally describes novel chiral polyanilines in their doped (protonated) forms and novel methods for their chemical synthesis comprising polymerizing an aniline monomer in the presence of a chiral dopant acid, an oxidizing agent, and, optionally, a substrate, and their conversion by treatment with a base to novel chiral polyanilines in their de-doped base forms. The novel chiral polyanilines of the present invention may be used as electrodes for asymmetric synthesis, as biological sensors and as separation materials in pharmaceutical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Alan G. MacDiarmid, Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire, Weigong Zheng, Gordon G. Wallace, Ian D. Norris