Patents by Inventor Katherine Elizabeth Sarah Locock

Katherine Elizabeth Sarah Locock 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 FOR ADVERSELY AFFECTING BIOFILMS
    Publication number: 20190269718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of adversely affecting a biofilm, the method comprising exposing the biofilm to a composition comprising an effective amount of polymer that incorporates within its backbone structure a first polymerised residue of ethylenically unsaturated monomer, said first polymerised monomer residue comprising a covalently bound moiety that (i) presents pendant from the backbone structure, and (ii) comprises a cationic functional group or precursor functional group thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Monash University
    Inventors: Katherine Elizabeth Sarah Locock, Laurence Meagher, Yue Qu, Ana Traven
  • METHODS FOR ADVERSELY AFFECTING BIOFILMS
    Publication number: 20180344763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of adversely affecting a biofilm, the method comprising exposing the biofilm to a composition comprising an effective amount of polymer that incorporates within its backbone structure a first polymerised residue of ethylenically unsaturated monomer, said first polymerised monomer residue comprising a covalently bound moiety that (i) presents pendant from the backbone structure, and (ii) comprises a cationic functional group or precursor functional group thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Monash University
    Inventors: Katherine Elizabeth Sarah Locock, Laurence Meagher, Yue Qu, Ana Traven