Patents by Inventor Aubrey Morgan Bailey Wyatt

Aubrey Morgan Bailey Wyatt 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).

  • Methods for binding and precipitating gold using microbial-derived metallophores and their uses
    Patent number: 10174401
    Abstract: The present application discloses metallophores that complex soluble gold and generate solid gold forms, including gold nanoparticles. In an embodiment, the metallophores are microbial metabolites isolated from organisms that are resistant to gold, or are analogs thereof. Methods of using the metallophores to extract and detect gold, along with detectors comprising the metallophores are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: McMaster University
    Inventors: Aubrey Morgan Bailey Wyatt, Chad Johnston, Nathan Magarvey