Patents by Inventor Kevin P. PFEUFFER

Kevin P. PFEUFFER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220315993
    Abstract: A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for nucleic acid identification of material in a sample includes a microfluidics system, including a movable cartridge, and a heat source. The movable cartridge assembly includes at least one target-specific set of reagent components and a set of RCA-LAMP reaction components deposited on the surface. Moreover, the at least one target-specific set of reagent components includes at least one target specific padlock probe reagent component. The set of RCA-LAMP reaction components includes: at least one polymerase buffer component, at least one polymerase enzyme with strand displacement activity, a betaine additive, a TETRONIC additive, a sequence-specific probe, dNTPs, and a primer mix. The primer mix includes both a forward inside primer and a backward inside primer specific to a backbone of the at least one target specific padlock probe reagent component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Neal G. Satterly, Kevin P. Pfeuffer
  • Patent number: 9607306
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identification of a counterfeit electronic component, subjecting a suspected counterfeit electronic to an analytical method of ambient surface analysis to desorb and ionize compounds directly from a suspected counterfeit electronic surface with no pretreatment, detecting the resultant ions, comparing the identified ions to known standards, and returning a confidence that the suspected counterfeit electronic being analyzed is counterfeit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gary M. Hieftje, Steven J. Ray, Kevin P. Pfeuffer, Jacob T. Shelley, Norris J. Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20150269592
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identification of a counterfeit electronic component, subjecting a suspected counterfeit electronic to an analytical method of ambient surface analysis to desorb and ionize compounds directly from a suspected counterfeit electronic surface with no pretreatment, detecting the resultant ions, comparing the identified ions to known standards, and returning a confidence that the suspected counterfeit electronic being analyzed is counterfeit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gary M. HIEFTJE, Steven J. RAY, Kevin P. PFEUFFER, Jacob T. SHELLEY, Norris J. CALDWELL