Patents by Inventor Alexander MASTROIANNI
Alexander MASTROIANNI 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).
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Patent number: 11879156Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Phil Waggoner, James A. Ball, Wolfgang Hinz, Michael L. Minto, Scott Parker, David M. Cox, Alexander Mastroianni, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Kimberly Gorrell
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Patent number: 11782019Abstract: A sensor component includes a sensor including a sensor surface and a reaction site in cooperation with the sensor and exposing the sensor surface. The reaction site including a reaction site surface. A surface agent is bound to the reaction site surface or the sensor surface. The surface agent includes a surface active functional group reactive with Bronsted base or Lewis acid functionality on the reaction site surface or the sensor surface and including distal functionality that does not have a donor electron pair.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Ronald L. Cicero, Marc Glazer, Yufang Wang, Christina E Inman, Jeremy Gray, Joseph Koscinski, James A. Ball, Phil Waggoner, Alexander Mastroianni
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Publication number: 20230175046Abstract: A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes applying an aqueous solution into wells of a well array. The aqueous solution includes polymer precursors. The method further includes applying an immiscible fluid over the well array to isolate the aqueous solution within the wells of the well array and polymerizing the polymer precursors isolated in the wells of the well array to form the polymer matrix array. An apparatus includes a sensor array, a well array corresponding to the sensor array, and an array of polymer matrices disposed in the well array.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: David LIGHT, Wolfgang HINZ, Ronald CICERO, Christina INMAN, Paul KENNEY, Alexander MASTROIANNI, Roman ROZHKOV, Yufang WANG, Jeremy GRAY, Marc GLAZER, Dmitriy GREMYACHINSKIY
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Patent number: 11578356Abstract: A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes treating a surface within a well of a well array with a surface compound including a surface reactive functional group and a radical-forming distal group; applying an aqueous solution including polymer precursors to the well of the well array; and activating the radical-forming distal group of the surface coupling compound with an initiator and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) catalyst to initiate radical polymerization of the polymer precursors within the well of the well array to form the polymer matrix array.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: David Light, Wolfgang Hinz, Ronald Cicero, Christina Inman, Paul Kenney, Alexander Mastroianni, Roman Rozhkov, Yufang Wang, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Dmitriy Gremyachinskiy
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Publication number: 20230037531Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Phil Waggoner, James A. Ball, Wolfgang Hinz, Michael L. Minto, Scott Parker, David M. Cox, Alexander Mastroianni, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Kimberly Gorrell
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Patent number: 11441178Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Phil Waggoner, James A. Ball, Wolfgang Hinz, Michael L. Minto, Scott Parker, David M. Cox, Alexander Mastroianni, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Kimberly Gorrell
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Publication number: 20210102916Abstract: A sensor component includes a sensor including a sensor surface and a reaction site in cooperation with the sensor and exposing the sensor surface. The reaction site including a reaction site surface. A surface agent is bound to the reaction site surface or the sensor surface. The surface agent includes a surface active functional group reactive with Bronsted base or Lewis acid functionality on the reaction site surface or the sensor surface and including distal functionality that does not have a donor electron pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Ronald L. Cicero, Marc Glazer, Yufang Wang, Christina E. Inman, Jeremy Gray, Joseph Koscinski, James A. Ball, Phil Waggoner, Alexander Mastroianni
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Patent number: 10888831Abstract: A method of preparing a discrete polymer network array include mixing a plurality of nucleic acid polymer networks with a plurality of color-activated polymer networks to form a dispersion, applying the dispersion to an array of wells, the nucleic acid polymer networks selectively depositing into wells of the array of wells, and rinsing the array of wells to selectively remove the plurality of color-activated polymer networks.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Mastroianni, Scott C. Benson, Steven M. Menchen, John Scott
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Publication number: 20200354780Abstract: A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes applying an aqueous solution into wells of a well array. The aqueous solution includes polymer precursors. The method further includes applying an immiscible fluid over the well array to isolate the aqueous solution within the wells of the well array and polymerizing the polymer precursors isolated in the wells of the well array to form the polymer matrix array. An apparatus includes a sensor array, a well array corresponding to the sensor array, and an array of polymer matrices disposed in the well array.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: David LIGHT, Wolfgang HINZ, Ronald CICERO, Christina INMAN, Paul KENNEY, Alexander MASTROIANNI, Roman ROZHKOV, Yufang WANG, Jeremy GRAY, Marc GLAZER, Dmitriy GREMYACHINSKIY
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Patent number: 10809225Abstract: A sensor component includes a sensor including a sensor surface and a reaction site in cooperation with the sensor and exposing the sensor surface. The reaction site including a reaction site surface. A surface agent is bound to the reaction site surface or the sensor surface. The surface agent includes a surface active functional group reactive with Bronsted base or Lewis acid functionality on the reaction site surface or the sensor surface and including distal functionality that does not have a donor electron pair.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Ronald L. Cicero, Marc Glazer, Yufang Wang, Christina E. Inman, Jeremy Gray, Joseph Koscinski, James A. Ball, Phil Waggoner, Alexander Mastroianni
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Patent number: 10738353Abstract: A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes applying an aqueous solution into wells of a well array. The aqueous solution includes polymer precursors. The method further includes applying an immiscible fluid over the well array to isolate the aqueous solution within the wells of the well array and polymerizing the polymer precursors isolated in the wells of the well array to form the polymer matrix array. An apparatus includes a sensor array, a well array corresponding to the sensor array, and an array of polymer matrices disposed in the well array.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: David Light, Wolfgang Hinz, Ronald Cicero, Christina Inman, Paul Kenney, Alexander Mastroianni, Roman Rozhkov, Yufang Wang, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Dmitriy Gremyachinskiy
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Patent number: 10724086Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Phil Waggoner, James A. Ball, Wolfgang Hinz, Michael L. Minto, Scott Parker, David M. Cox, Alexander Mastroianni, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Kimberly Gorrell
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Publication number: 20200216893Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Phil Waggoner, James A. Ball, Wolfgang Hinz, Michael L. Minto, Scott Parker, David M. Cox, Alexander Mastroianni, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Kimberly Gorrell
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Patent number: 10619201Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Phil Waggoner, James A. Ball, Wolfgang Hinz, Michael L. Minto, Scott Parker, David M. Cox, Alexander Mastroianni, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Kimberly Gorrell
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Publication number: 20190091648Abstract: A method of preparing a discrete polymer network array include mixing a plurality of nucleic acid polymer networks with a plurality of color-activated polymer networks to form a dispersion, applying the dispersion to an array of wells, the nucleic acid polymer networks selectively depositing into wells of the array of wells, and rinsing the array of wells to selectively remove the plurality of color-activated polymer networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Alexander MASTROIANNI, Scott C. BENSON, Steven M. MENCHEN, John SCOTT
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Publication number: 20190071723Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor device having a surface electrode structure, and a saccharide coating formed over the surface electrode structure. The saccharide coating can be removed prior to use. The semiconductor device can further include a well and optionally a bead disposed in the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Phil WAGGONER, James A. BALL, Wolfgang HINZ, Michael L. MINTO, Scott PARKER, David M. COX, Alexander MASTROIANNI, Jeremy GRAY, Marc GLAZER, Kimberly GORRELL
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Publication number: 20190017107Abstract: A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes applying an aqueous solution into wells of a well array. The aqueous solution includes polymer precursors. The method further includes applying an immiscible fluid over the well array to isolate the aqueous solution within the wells of the well array and polymerizing the polymer precursors isolated in the wells of the well array to form the polymer matrix array. An apparatus includes a sensor array, a well array corresponding to the sensor array, and an array of polymer matrices disposed in the well array.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: David LIGHT, Wolfgang HINZ, Ronald CICERO, Christina INMAN, Paul KENNEY, Alexander MASTROIANNI, Roman ROZHKOV, Yufang WANG, Jeremy GRAY, Marc GLAZER, Dmitriy GREMYACHINSKIY
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Patent number: 10143990Abstract: A method of preparing a discrete polymer network array include mixing a plurality of nucleic acid polymer networks with a plurality of color-activated polymer networks to form a dispersion, applying the dispersion to an array of wells, the nucleic acid polymer networks selectively depositing into wells of the array of wells, and rinsing the array of wells to selectively remove the plurality of color-activated polymer networks.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Mastroianni, Scott C. Benson, Steven M. Menchen, John Scott
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Patent number: 10066260Abstract: A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes applying an aqueous solution into wells of a well array. The aqueous solution includes polymer precursors. The method further includes applying an immiscible fluid over the well array to isolate the aqueous solution within the wells of the well array and polymerizing the polymer precursors isolated in the wells of the well array to form the polymer matrix array. An apparatus includes a sensor array, a well array corresponding to the sensor array, and an array of polymer matrices disposed in the well array.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: David Light, Wolfgang Hinz, Ronald L. Cicero, Christina E. Inman, Paul M. Kenney, Alexander Mastroianni, Roman Rozhkov, Yufang Wang, Jeremy Gray, Marc Glazer, Dmitriy Gremyachinskiy
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Patent number: 9852919Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sensor, the method including forming an array of chemically-sensitive field effect transistors (chemFETs), depositing a dielectric layer over the chemFETs in the array, depositing a protective layer over the dielectric layer, etching the dielectric layer and the protective layer to form cavities corresponding to sensing surfaces of the chemFETs, and removing the protective layer. The method further includes, etching the dielectric layer and the protective layer together to form cavities corresponding to sensing surfaces of the chemFETs. The protective layer is at least one of a polymer, photoresist material, noble metal, copper oxide, and zinc oxide. The protective protective layer is removed using at least one of sodium hydroxide, organic solvent, aqua regia, ammonium carbonate, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, and phosphoric acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Christina E. Inman, Alexander Mastroianni, Wolfgang Hinz, Shifeng Li, Scott C. Benson