Patents by Inventor Kenneth Andrew Evans

Kenneth Andrew Evans 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, systems and devices for detecting insects and other pests
    Patent number: 9410888
    Abstract: We describe a method for detection of the presence of an invertebrate or an invertebrate component in a sample of substantially non invertebrate material, comprising impinging said sample with a source of electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength of at least 600 nm and detecting Raman scattering/fluorescence of said invertebrate or a component of said invertebrate at a wavenumber where the non-invertebrate components of said sample either do not fluoresce or fluoresce with sufficiently low intensity wherein the non invertebrate material is edible and/or living.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: University of East Anglia, SRUC
    Inventors: Upali Abhaya Jayasooriya, Kenneth Andrew Evans
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING INSECTS AND OTHER PESTS
    Publication number: 20140197335
    Abstract: We describe a method for detection of the presence of an invertebrate or an invertebrate component in a sample of substantially non invertebrate material, comprising impinging said sample with a source of electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength of at least 600 nm and detecting Raman scattering/fluorescence of said invertebrate or a component of said invertebrate at a wavenumber where the non-invertebrate components of said sample either do not fluoresce or fluoresce with sufficiently low intensity wherein the non invertebrate material is edible and/or living.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: SRUC, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
    Inventors: Upali Abhaya Jayasooriya, Kenneth Andrew Evans