Patents by Inventor Linda Anne Lewis

Linda Anne Lewis 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR DETECTION AND IMAGING OF PRINTS BY SURFACE-ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20140065290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a print detection composition comprising nanoparticles having an aerogel metal oxide core covered by a layer of zerovalent noble metal, and optionally, a fluorescent organic dye, wherein the fluorescent organic dye is within an interacting distance of the plasmon resonance field of the layer of zerovalent noble metal. The invention is also directed to surface-enhanced spectroscopic methods for imaging a latent print, particularly a latent fingerprint, by use of the print detection composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Linda Anne Lewis, Brenda Ann Smith, Raynella Magdalene Connatser
  • Detection of latent prints by Raman imaging
    Patent number: 7869031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a print on a surface, the method comprising: (a) contacting the print with a Raman surface-enhancing agent to produce a Raman-enhanced print; and (b) detecting the Raman-enhanced print using a Raman spectroscopic method. The invention is particularly directed to the imaging of latent fingerprints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ut-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Linda Anne Lewis, Raynella Magdalene Connatser, Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr.
  • DETECTION OF LATENT PRINTS BY RAMAN IMAGING
    Publication number: 20100021023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a print on a surface, the method comprising: (a) contacting the print with a Raman surface-enhancing agent to produce a Raman-enhanced print; and (b) detecting the Raman-enhanced print using a Raman spectroscopic method. The invention is particularly directed to the imaging of latent fingerprints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Linda Anne Lewis, Raynella Magdalene Connatser, Samuel Arthur Lewis, SR.