Patents by Inventor Alan D. Gift

Alan D. Gift 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).

  • Method for effecting the rapid release of a signature chemical from bacterial endospores, and for detection thereof
    Patent number: 7713914
    Abstract: A weak organic acid is used to effect the release of CaDPA from Bacillus or Clostridium endospores, rapidly and at room temperature, to enable detection and measurement of DPA and thereby the assessment of risk associated with exposure to Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium botulinum, and like spores. The method can be applied to airborne, food-borne, and water-borne spores, as well as to spores collected from surfaces or contained in body fluids, and analysis is advantageously carried out using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Real-Time Analyzers, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Farquharson, Frank E. Inscore, Alan D. Gift, Chetan Shrikant Shende
  • SERS method for rapid pharmacokinetic analysis of drugs in saliva
    Patent number: 7393692
    Abstract: The method and apparatus rapidly separate drugs and their metabolites from saliva and, in a continuous sequence of steps, rapidly detect, identify and quantify them through surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Real-Time Analyzers, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Farquharson, Frank E. Inscore, Alan D. Gift, Chetan S. Shende
  • SERS method and apparatus for rapid extraction and analysis of drugs in saliva
    Patent number: 7393691
    Abstract: The method and apparatus rapidly separate drugs and their metabolites from saliva and, in a continuous sequence of steps, rapidly detect, identify and quantify them through surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Real-Time Analyzers, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Farquharson, Alan D. Gift, Frank E. Inscore, Chetan S. Shende