Patents by Inventor Jay A. Schecker

Jay A. Schecker 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).

  • Apparatus for reducing solvent luminescence background emissions
    Patent number: 5834204
    Abstract: The detectability of luminescent molecules in solution is enhanced by reducing the background luminescence due to impurity species also present in the solution. A light source that illuminates the solution acts to photolyze the impurities so that the impurities do not luminesce in the fluorescence band of the molecule of interest. Molecules of interest may be carried through the photolysis region in the solution or may be introduced into the solution after the photolysis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Rhett L. Affleck, W. Patrick Ambrose, James N. Demas, Peter M. Goodwin, Mitchell E. Johnson, Richard A. Keller, Jeffrey T. Petty, Jay A. Schecker, Ming Wu
  • Method and apparatus for reducing solvent luminescence background emissions
    Patent number: 5827663
    Abstract: The detectability of luminescent molecules in solution is enhanced by reducing the background luminescence due to impurity species also present in the solution. A light source that illuminates the solution acts to photolyze the impurities so that the impurities do not luminesce in the fluorescence band of the molecule of interest. Molecules of interest may be carried through the photolysis region in the solution or may be introduced into the solution after the photolysis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Rhett L. Affleck, W. Patrick Ambrose, James N. Demas, Peter M. Goodwin, Mitchell E. Johnson, Richard A. Keller, Jeffrey T. Petty, Jay A. Schecker, Ming Wu