Patents by Inventor Loranelle L. Lockyear

Loranelle L. Lockyear 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).

  • Apparatus and method for trapping bead based reagents within microfluidic analysis systems
    Patent number: RE43122
    Abstract: The present invention provides an on-chip packed reactor bed design that allows for an effective exchange of packing materials such as beads at a miniaturized level. The present invention extends the function of microfluidic analysis systems to new applications including on-chip solid phase extraction (SPE) and on-chip capillary electrochromatography (CEC). The design can be further extended to include integrated packed bed immuno- or enzyme reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: D. Jed Harrison, Richard Oleschuk, Loranelle L. Lockyear, Cameron Skinner, Paul Li