Patents by Inventor Dale Athey

Dale Athey 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).

  • Sensors based on polymer transformation
    Patent number: 5846744
    Abstract: A sensor format is based on impedance analysis of polymer coatings of electrodes. A detectable signal is produced by the effect of a reactive or catalytic species at or very near the polymer coated electrode. The reactive or catalytic species directly or indirectly effects a reaction with the polymer layers, whereby the polymer layer becomes porous and thus causes a measurable change in electrical properties of the electrode surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Cambridge Life Sciences PLC
    Inventors: Dale Athey, Calum J. McNeil, Ronald D. Armstrong, William Henry Mullen