Patents by Inventor Paul C. Bridgman

Paul C. Bridgman 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 for generating microscopic patterns of protein and other macromolecules
    Patent number: 9939424
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating microscopic patterns of macromolecules such as proteins on a solid surface are described. Pulsed laser light is used to alter surface portions of a solid surface substrate in a predetermined pattern by removing macromolecules from surface portions of the substrate where the light is focused. The same wavelength light at lower intensity can be used to visualize the removal by its reflection from the specimen surface along the path to the detector. Select macromolecules introduced to the substrate selectively adhere to select surface portions, thereby depositing macromolecules in the predetermined pattern on the solid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Paul C Bridgman, Stephen G Turney
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING MICROSCOPIC PATTERNS OF PROTEIN AND OTHER MACROMOLECULES
    Publication number: 20150093818
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating microscopic patterns of macromolecules such as proteins on a solid surface are described. Pulsed laser light is used to alter surface portions of a solid surface substrate in a predetermined pattern by removing macromolecules from surface portions of the substrate where the light is focused. The same wavelength light at lower intensity can be used to visualize the removal by its reflection from the specimen surface along the path to the detector. Select macromolecules introduced to the substrate selectively adhere to select surface portions, thereby depositing macromolecules in the predetermined pattern on the solid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paul C. Bridgman, Stephen G. Turney