Patents by Inventor Lip Ket Chin

Lip Ket Chin 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).

  • Immersion refractometer
    Patent number: 9291547
    Abstract: An immersion refractometer includes a microchamber having an inlet and an outlet for allowing a sample containing microorganism particles to flow therethrough, wherein the microchamber comprises at least one trapping site for trapping a microorganism particle in each respective trapping site, and a micromixer for mixing a plurality of liquids to form an external medium, wherein the micromixer and the microchamber are in fluid communication to introduce the external medium into the microchamber. Use of the present immersion refractometer in a method of identifying microorganism particles contained in a sample is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Ai Qun Liu, Lip Ket Chin
  • IMMERSION REFRACTOMETER
    Publication number: 20130016341
    Abstract: An immersion refractometer includes a microchamber having an inlet and an outlet for allowing a sample containing microorganism particles to flow therethrough, wherein the microchamber comprises at least one trapping site for trapping a microorganism particle in each respective trapping site, and a micromixer for mixing a plurality of liquids to form an external medium, wherein the micromixer and the microchamber are in fluid communication to introduce the external medium into the microchamber. Use of the present immersion refractometer in a method of identifying microorganism particles contained in a sample is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ai Qun Liu, Lip Ket Chin