Patents by Inventor Hugh Garvey

Hugh Garvey 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).

  • Colloidal gold nanoparticles on anodic alumina oxide substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
    Patent number: 11953442
    Abstract: The preparation and colloidal gold nanoparticles deposited using a wet-chemical, three-phase ligand-exchange procedure carried out at room temperature on anodic alumina oxide to enhance detection of materials using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Salvo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lenzi Williams, Abdeljabbar R. Khamis, Hugh Garvey, John Dougherty
  • Methods to detect trace levels of genetic materials using colloidal gold nanoparticles on quartz paper or metamaterial substrates and surface-enhanced Raman scattering
    Patent number: 11662318
    Abstract: The use of colloidal gold nanoparticles deposited on quartz paper or metamaterial substrates to enable trace level detection of biological materials such as genetic materials using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) wherein this molecule of interest may be tested in pure solutions or human blood is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Salvo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Dowgiallo, Hugh Garvey, John Dougherty
  • COLLOIDAL GOLD NANOPARTICLES ON ANODIC ALUMINA OXIDE SUBSTRATES FOR SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING
    Publication number: 20230056483
    Abstract: The preparation and colloidal gold nanoparticles deposited using a wet-chemical, three-phase ligand-exchange procedure carried out at room temperature on anodic alumina oxide to enhance detection of materials using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Lenzi Williams, Abdeljabbar R. Khamis, Hugh Garvey, John Dougherty
  • SINGLE WAVELENGTH RAMAN ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20220146429
    Abstract: The device and method of a narrow range or single wavelength Raman analyzer instrument optimized to capture a narrow range, or even single wavenumber, of signal spectrum known to be significant to the substance under analysis is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Hugh Garvey
  • METHODS TO DETECT TRACE LEVELS OF GENETIC MATERIALS USING COLLOIDAL GOLD NANOPARTICLES ON QUARTZ PAPER OR METAMATERIAL SUBSTRATES AND SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING
    Publication number: 20220026366
    Abstract: The use of colloidal gold nanoparticles deposited on quartz paper or metamaterial substrates to enable trace level detection of biological materials such as genetic materials using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) wherein this molecule of interest may be tested in pure solutions or human blood is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Dowgiallo, Hugh Garvey, John Dougherty
  • COLLOIDAL GOLD NANOPARTICLE SOLUTIONS FOR SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING
    Publication number: 20220011235
    Abstract: The use of colloidal gold nanoparticle solutions to enhance Raman scattering from analyte molecules of interest that can detect molecules present at concentrations from 0.001 ppm to 10 ppm in pure solvent and wherein the synthesis of the gold nanoparticles is tailored to achieve maximum enhancement from analytes with 785 nm laser excitation is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Dowgiallo, Hugh Garvey, John Dougherty