Patents by Inventor Catherine Bothof

Catherine Bothof 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).

  • Materials, methods, and kits for reducing nonspecific binding of molecules to a surface
    Publication number: 20050142563
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials, methods, and kits for reducing nonspecific binding of molecules to a surface, particularly in a solid phase material, and more specifically a solid phase material that includes a hydrophobic portion, by contacting the solid phase material with a fluorinated nonionic surfactant comprising two or more fluorinated hydrophobic segments and one or more hydrophilic segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Louis Haddad, Barbara Swenson, Catherine Bothof, Madhusudan Raghavachari