Patents by Inventor Douglas Berning

Douglas Berning 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).

  • Gold-coated nanoparticles for use in biotechnology applications
    Publication number: 20050025969
    Abstract: A process of preparing gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed and includes forming a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles within a suitable liquid, adding an amount of a reducible gold compound and a reducing agent to the suspension, and, maintaining the suspension for time sufficient to form gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Douglas Berning, Robert Kraus, Robert Atcher, Jurgen Schmidt