Patents by Inventor John C. Pena

John C. Pena 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC MULTI-BEAD ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20230071162
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods and apparatus for detecting a complex including an analyte that include contacting a sample in a solution with a population of functionalized beads of a first type, which are magnetic functionalized beads and are functionalized to include a first moiety that associates with an analyte under suitable conditions, contacting the sample solution with a population of functionalized beads of a second type, which are functionalized to include a second moiety that associates with the analyte under suitable conditions, contact resulting in formation of a complex including one of the first type of functionalized bead, the analyte, and one of the second type of functionalized bead, and detecting the complex including the analyte by detecting magnetic fields produced by the magnetic functionalized bead and by detecting the functionalized bead of the second type associated with the analyte in the complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Colin B. Connolly, Jeffrey D. Randall, John C. Pena
  • Methods and apparatus for magnetic multi-bead assays
    Patent number: 11513115
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods and apparatus for detecting a complex including an analyte that include contacting a sample in a solution with a population of functionalized beads of a first type, which are magnetic functionalized beads and are functionalized to include a first moiety that associates with an analyte under suitable conditions, contacting the sample solution with a population of functionalized beads of a second type, which are functionalized to include a second moiety that associates with the analyte under suitable conditions, contact resulting in formation of a complex including one of the first type of functionalized bead, the analyte, and one of the second type of functionalized bead, and detecting the complex including the analyte by detecting magnetic fields produced by the magnetic functionalized bead and by detecting the functionalized bead of the second type associated with the analyte in the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Quantum Diamond Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Colin B. Connolly, Jeffrey D. Randall, John C. Pena
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC MULTI-BEAD ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20190331674
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods and apparatus for detecting a complex including an analyte that include contacting a sample in a solution with a population of functionalized beads of a first type, which are magnetic functionalized beads and are functionalized to include a first moiety that associates with an analyte under suitable conditions, contacting the sample solution with a population of functionalized beads of a second type, which are functionalized to include a second moiety that associates with the analyte under suitable conditions, contact resulting in formation of a complex including one of the first type of functionalized bead, the analyte, and one of the second type of functionalized bead, and detecting the complex including the analyte by detecting magnetic fields produced by the magnetic functionalized bead and by detecting the functionalized bead of the second type associated with the analyte in the complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Colin B. Connolly, Jeffrey D. Randall, John C. Pena