Patents by Inventor Larbi Benhabib

Larbi Benhabib 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).

  • Optical sensor using functionalized composite materials
    Publication number: 20070184557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sensing the presence of at least one analyte in a medium, comprising disposing in the medium a functionalized composite material such that the at least one analyte is absorbed by the functionalized composite material, the functionalized composite material having at least one optical property that is modulated by absorption of the at least one analyte; and measuring modulation of the at least one optical property of the functionalized composite material; wherein modulation of the at least one optical property of the functionalized composite material is indicative of the presence of the analyte in the medium. The invention also relates to an optical sensor for sensing the presence of at least one analyte in a medium, and a functionalized composite material having at least one optical property that is modulated upon absorption of one or more analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Cathleen Crudden, Hans-Peter Loock, Steven Dickson, Jenny Du, Larbi Benhabib, R. Stephen Brown