Patents by Inventor Scott Thomas Phillips

Scott Thomas Phillips 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).

  • Qualitative and quantitative point-of-care assays
    Patent number: 9932360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are “equipment-free” flow-through assay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. The porous, hydrophilic media are patterned with hydrophobic barriers for performing assays on liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Phillips, Gregory Gerald Lewis, Jessica Sloane Robbins
  • Portable Analytic Device and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20160074861
    Abstract: A portable analytic apparatus is provided that is capillary-driven and capable of detecting analytes within a sample and providing an unambiguous positive/negative response. Embodiments provide for a hydrophobic detection reagent within a hydrophilic porous media, where a hydrophobic detection reagent changes to hydrophilic products in a presence/absence of a target analyte. This change from hydrophobic to hydrophilic provides a means to achieve a desired result of generating an unambiguous qualitative and/or quantitative positive/negative readout by forcing samples to wick at differential rates through hydrophilic regions towards a detection region. Suitable hydrophobic detection reagents are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Phillips, Gregory Gerald Lewis, Dustin Wayne Ritter, Adam Brooks
  • QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE POINT-OF-CARE ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20150005193
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are “equipment-free” flow-through assay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. The porous, hydrophilic media are patterned with hydrophobic barriers for performing assays on liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Phillips, Gregory Gerald Lewis, Jessica Sloane Robbins