Patents by Inventor Lorraine Murtagh

Lorraine Murtagh 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).

  • Polymers their preparation and uses
    Patent number: 7696303
    Abstract: A polymer for use in an optical device comprising a first, optionally substituted, repeat unit of formula and a second, optionally substituted, repeat unit of formula wherein each Ar and Ar? is the same or different and comprises an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group and optionally a third, optionally substituted, repeat unit in a molar ratio of no greater than 5%, the third repeat unit having a formula —Ar—N(Ar)—Ar— and having a single nitrogen atom in its backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Richard O'Dell, Carl Towns, Brian Tierney, Stephen O'Connor, Ilaria Grizzi, Clare L. Foden, Nalinkumar Patel, Mark L. Leadbeater, Lorraine Murtagh
  • Preparation of gamma-amino acids having affinity for the alpha-2-delta protein
    Publication number: 20070141684
    Abstract: Disclosed are materials and methods for preparing optically active ?-amino acids of Formula 1, which bind to the alpha-2-delta (?2?) subunit of a calcium channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Margaret Evans, Lloyd Franklin, Lorraine Murtagh, Thomas Nanninga, Bruce Pearlman, James Saenz, Niamh Willis
  • Modified Suzuki-method for polymerization of aromatic monomers
    Patent number: 7173103
    Abstract: A process for preparing high molecular weight polymers or copolymers by Suzuki coupling. The catalyst used in the process comprises a source of palladium and a source of a phosphine characterized in that at least one substituent on the phosphine is an ortho substituted aryl group. The process is suitable for the preparation of polymers for use in electronic and optoelectronic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Carl Towns, Paul Wallace, Ian Allen, Thomas Pounds, Lorraine Murtagh
  • Polymers their preparation and uses
    Publication number: 20050209422
    Abstract: A polymer for use in an optical device comprising a first, optionally substituted, repeat unit of formula and a second, optionally substituted, repeat unit of formula wherein each Ar and Ar? is the same or different and comprises an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group and optionally a third, optionally substituted, repeat unit in a molar ratio of no greater than 5%, the third repeat unit having a formula —Ar—N(Ar)—Ar— and having a single nitrogen atom in its backbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Richard O'Dell, Carl Towns, Brian Tieney, Stephen O'Connor, Ilaria Grizzi, Clare Foden, Nalinkumar Patel, Mark Leadbeater, Lorraine Murtagh
  • Modified suzuki-method for polymerisation of aromatic monomers
    Publication number: 20050014926
    Abstract: A process for preparing high molecular weight polymers or copolymers by Suzuki coupling. The catalyst used in the process comprises a source of palladium and a source of a phosphine characterized in that at least one substituent on the phosphine is an ortho substituted aryl group. The process is suitable for the preparation of polymers for use in electronic and optoelectronic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Carl Towns, Paul Wallace, Ian Allen, Thomwas Pounds, Lorraine Murtagh