Patents by Inventor Marcus Swann

Marcus Swann 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).

  • Method of determining crystallization
    Patent number: 7232485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining crystallization in a very small amount of a material of interest (eg a chemical or biological material of interest).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignees: Council for The Central Laboratory Of The Research Councils, Farfield Sensors Limited
    Inventors: Gareth Jones, Neville John Freeman, Gerard Anthony Ronan, Marcus Swann, Attia Boudjemline
  • Sensor device for determining protein aggregation
    Publication number: 20060148099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor device and method for determining the extent of aggregation of a protein such as beta amyloid in a fluid (e.g. a bodily fluid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Farfield Sensors Limited
    Inventors: Neville Freeman, Gerard Ronan, Marcus Swann, David Allsop, Susan Moore, Jon Popplewell
  • Sensor device
    Patent number: 7062110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor device and method for measuring a property associated with the introduction of or changes in a chemical, biological or physical stimulus in a localized environment, in particular to a sensor device and method for measuring the partition coefficient of a chemical stimulus such as a pharmaceutical compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Farfield Sensors Limited
    Inventors: Neville John Freeman, Gerard Anthony Ronan, Marcus Swann, Graham Cross
  • Sensor assembly
    Patent number: 7050176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor assembly and method for measuring changes in dimension and/or composition of a sensor component (and associated factors) caused by the introduction of or changes in a chemical, physical or biological stimulus in a localized environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Farfield Sensors Limited
    Inventors: Graham Cross, Neville John Freeman, Marcus Swann
  • Optical interferometer
    Publication number: 20050162659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated optical waveguide interferometer including a sensing waveguide with a path of interaction (with the localised environment) having different optical lengths, and to a method for determining the absolute status thereof after the introduction into the localised environment of (or changes in) a stimulus of interest and to a method for determining the absolute calibration status thereof before the introduction into the localised environment of (or changes in) a stimulus of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Farfield Sensors Limited
    Inventors: Neville Freeman, Graham Cross, Gerard Ronan, Marcus Swann
  • Method
    Publication number: 20050009196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a mass changing event in a very small amount of a material of interest (eg a chemical or biological material of interest). The mass changing event may be for example specific binding or nucleotide complementation and may be differentiated over other (non-specific) events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Neville Freeman, Gerard Ronan, Marcus Swann
  • Method
    Publication number: 20040245475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining crystallization in a very small amount of a material of interest (eg a chemical or biological material of interest).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Gareth Jones, Neville John Freeman, Gerard Anthony Ronan, Marcus Swann, Attia Boudjemline
  • Sensor device
    Publication number: 20040008919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor device and method for measuring a property associated with the introduction of or changes in a chemical, biological or physical stimulus in a localised environment, in particular to a sensor device and method for measurign the partition coefficient of a chemical stimulus such as a pharmaceutical compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Neville John Freeman, Gerard anthony Ronan, Marcus Swann, Graham Cross
  • Sensor device
    Publication number: 20040004180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor device and to a method for detecting the introduction of or changes in a chemical, biological or physical stimulus of interest in a localised environment, in particular to a sensor device and method for detecting the presence of or changes in chemical stimuli in a liquid or gas phase analyte (e.g. a microanalyte). The device compensates for fluctuations in the ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Neville John Freeman, Gerard Anthony Ronan, Paul Barraclough, Marcus Swann