Patents Represented by Attorney McDonell Bohhnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
  • Patent number: 7147687
    Abstract: The present invention relates composite core/shell nanoparticles and a two-step method for their preparation. The present invention further relates to biomolecule-core/shell nanoparticle conjugates and methods for their preparation. The invention also relates to methods of detection of biomolecules comprising the biomolecule-core/shell nanoparticle conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Nanosphere, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Yun-Wei Cao, Rongchao Jin