Patents by Inventor Paul F. Kemp

Paul F. Kemp 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).

  • Capillary waveguide fluorescence sensor
    Patent number: 6850657
    Abstract: A capillary waveguide fluorescence sensor which includes a capillary and an optical/fluid connector connected to an end of the capillary. The optical/fluid connector includes a fluid sample injection port for longitudinally injecting a fluid sample into the capillary bore and at least one optical fiber for either longitudinally delivering light energy into the capillary or longitudinally collecting fluorescence emission from the fluid sample injected into the capillary bore. The sensor may also include at least one capillary outer surface collection optical fiber for perpendicularly collecting fluorescence emission from the fluid sample injected into the capillary bore. The capillary outer surface collection optical fiber is positioned adjacent the outer surface of the capillary wall such that the central axis of the collection optical fiber is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the capillary bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Harbans S. Dhadwal, Josephine Y. Aller, Paul F. Kemp
  • Capillary waveguide fluorescence sensor
    Publication number: 20030152308
    Abstract: A capillary waveguide fluorescence sensor which includes a capillary and an optical/fluid connector connected to an end of the capillary. The optical/fluid connector includes a fluid sample injection port for longitudinally injecting a fluid sample into the capillary bore and at least one optical fiber for either longitudinally delivering light energy into the capillary or longitudinally collecting fluorescence emission from the fluid sample injected into the capillary bore. The sensor may also include at least one capillary outer surface collection optical fiber for perpendicularly collecting fluorescence emission from the fluid sample injected into the capillary bore. The capillary outer surface collection optical fiber is positioned adjacent the outer surface of the capillary wall such that the central axis of the collection optical fiber is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the capillary bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Harbans S. Dhadwal, Josephine Y. Aller, Paul F. Kemp