Patents by Inventor Denise Lowinsohn

Denise Lowinsohn 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 method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10928350
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a method for detecting a material comprising a thiol group (e.g. homocysteine, cysteine, glutathione) in a sample, the method comprising: •providing an electrode comprising a carbon material; •contacting said electrode with said sample in the presence of catechol or more generally a precursor of ortho-quinone; •performing cyclic or square wave voltammetry to convert catechol to ortho-quinone and wherein said ortho-quinone reacts with the material comprising a thiol group to form an electrochemical reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Patricia Tung Lee, Denise Lowinsohn, Richard Guy Compton
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170138884
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a method for detecting a material comprising a thiol group (e.g. homocysteine, cysteine, glutathione) in a sample, the method comprising: •providing an electrode comprising a carbon material; •contacting said electrode with said sample in the presence of catechol or more generally a precursor of ortho-quinone; •performing cyclic or square wave voltammetry to convert catechol to ortho-quinone and wherein said ortho-quinone reacts with the material comprising a thiol group to form an electrochemical reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Patricia Tung Lee, Denise Lowinsohn, Richard Guy Compton