Patents by Inventor Luminita Velea

Luminita Velea 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).

  • Control of protein activity using a conducting polymer
    Publication number: 20070037240
    Abstract: A device having a substrate and an enzyme attached to the substrate. The substrate has a polymeric surface having at least two conductivity states. A minimum voltage that does not cause a redox reaction in the enzyme may be applied to the polymeric surface to change the conductivity state of the surface. A method of controlling enzyme activity by providing the above substrate with polymeric surface, attaching an enzyme to the substrate, and altering the conductivity state of the polymeric surface. Changing the conductivity of the polymer can change the activity of the enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Brett Martin, Luminita Velea, Banahalli Ratna, Bruce Gaber