Patents by Inventor Karin Maria Elisabet Caldwell

Karin Maria Elisabet Caldwell 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).

  • Coating of hydrophobic surfaces to render them protein resistant while permitting covalent attachment of specific ligands
    Patent number: 5728588
    Abstract: A surface of specific reactivity is formed by adsorbing a modified block polymeric surfactant of the Pluronic-type, i.e., containing pendant poly(ethylene oxide) blocks attached at an end to poly(propylene oxide) center blocks and with specifically reactive groups at the unattached ends of the poly(ethylene oxide) blocks, upon a hydrophobic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventors: Karin Maria Elisabet Caldwell, Per Jan Erik Carlsson, Jenq-Thun Li