Patents by Inventor John Laurence Richard Lavelle

John Laurence Richard Lavelle 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).

  • Stabilization of triplexes by water structure-making substances
    Patent number: 6783932
    Abstract: The stability of a triplex in solution is enhanced by adding to the solution, either before or after formation of the triplex, an effective amount of either of the following: (a) a water structure-making substance, at an appropriately high concentration, other than an alkali or alkaline earth metal cation, a tetramethylammonium cation, or a polyamine; or (b) a combination of said water structure-making substance and an alkali or alkaline earth cation or a tetramethylammonium cation or a polyamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Princeton University
    Inventors: Jacques R. Fresco, John Laurence Richard Lavelle
  • STABILIZATION OF TRIPLEXES BY WATER STRUCTURE-MAKING SUBSTANCES
    Publication number: 20020137919
    Abstract: The stability of a triplex in a solution is enhanced by adding to the solution, either before or after formation of the triplex, an effective amount of either of the following: (a) a water structure-making substance other than an alkali or alkaline earth metal cation, a tetramethylammonium cation, or a polyamine; or (b) a combination of said water structure-making substance and an alkali or alkaline earth cation. a tetramethylammonium cation, or a polyamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: JACQUES R. FRESCO, JOHN LAURENCE RICHARD LAVELLE