Patents by Inventor Robert Corn

Robert Corn 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).

  • Microfabricated surfaces for the physical capture of insects
    Patent number: 9930877
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • Microfabricated Surfaces for The Physical Capture of Insects
    Publication number: 20170055512
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • Microfabricated surfaces for the physical capture of insects
    Patent number: 9468203
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • MICROFABRICATED SURFACES FOR THE PHYSICAL CAPTURE OF INSECTS
    Publication number: 20150013213
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • VERSATILE SUBSTRATE FOR SPR DETECTION
    Publication number: 20080113446
    Abstract: A substrate for testing a carrier liquid for biomolecules using SPR or other techniques provides a metallic island surrounded by a hydrophobic layer, the islands being a location for the attachment of probe molecules. The hydrophobic layer may also be a dielectric material providing improved sensitivity in SPR imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Alastair Wark, Hye Jin, Robert Corn, Voula Kodoyianni
  • Methods for analysis of a nucleic acid sample
    Publication number: 20060211024
    Abstract: An assay for analysis of a nucleic acid sample is provided. In one embodiment, the assay includes: a) employing an RNA sample to obtain a DNA probe; b) contacting the DNA probe with a substrate containing a surface-immobilized RNA oligonucleotide to produce a surface-immobilized RNA/DNA duplex; and c) detecting RNAseH-dependent cleavage of the surface-immobilized RNA oligonucleotide in the RNA/DNA duplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Corn, Lloyd Smith, Timothy Burland, Voula Kodoyianni
  • Versatile substrate for SPR detection
    Publication number: 20060066249
    Abstract: A substrate for testing a carrier liquid for biomolecules using SPR or other techniques provides a metallic island surrounded by a hydrophobic layer, the islands being a location for the attachment of probe molecules. The hydrophobic layer may also be a dielectric material providing improved sensitivity in SPR imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Alastair Wark, Hye Lee, Robert Corn, Voula Kodoyianni
  • Method and apparatus for detection or identification of DNA
    Publication number: 20050048501
    Abstract: DNA is detected using complementary RNA probes and an enzyme that attacks and hydrolyzes the RNA probes only when it has hybridized with target DNA. A low concentration of target DNA can therefore successively hydrolyze a larger amount of RNA whose loss may then be detected to indirectly determine the presence of the target DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Corn, Terry Goodrich, Hye Lee
  • Microfabricated surfaces for the physical capture of insects
    Patent number: RE48657
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter