Patents by Inventor Ariane L Martin

Ariane L Martin 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).

  • Electrochemical detection of microbial stress
    Patent number: 11846626
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of detecting microbial stress. The method comprises the following: providing an electrochemical device having at least one reference electrode and one working electrode wherein the electrochemical device also contains a fermenting microbe, setting an electrochemical potential, providing a source of electrical energy electrically connected to the at least one working electrode, detecting a transfer of electrons from the working electrode to the fermenting microbe, wherein the detection is an indication of microbial stress, and providing a remedial action in response to the indication of microbial stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Charles E Turick, Charles E Milliken, Hector Colon-Mercado, Scott D Greenway, Ariane L Martin
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF MICROBIAL STRESS
    Publication number: 20190137475
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of detecting microbial stress. The method comprises the following: providing an electrochemical device having at least one reference electrode and one working electrode wherein the electrochemical device also contains a fermenting microbe, setting an electrochemical potential, providing a source of electrical energy electrically connected to the at least one working electrode, detecting a transfer of electrons from the working electrode to the fermenting microbe, wherein the detection is an indication of microbial stress, and providing a remedial action in response to the indication of microbial stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Charles E Turick, Charles E Milliken, Hector Colon-Mercado, Scott D Greenway, Ariane L Martin