Patents by Inventor Siobhan Cummins

Siobhan Cummins 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).

  • Semiconductor nanoparticle capping agents
    Patent number: 8337720
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention involve semiconductor nanoparticle capping ligands, their production and use. Ligands may have the formula with m ranging from approximately 8 to approximately 45. An embodiment provides a method of forming a compound of the formula including the steps of providing a first starting material comprising poly(ethyleneglycol) and reacting the first starting material with a second starting material comprising a functional group for chelating to the surface of a nanoparticle to thereby form the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark C. McCairn, Steven M. Daniels, Siobhan Cummins, Nigel Pickett
  • SEMICONDCUTOR NANOPARTICLE CAPPING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20090212258
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention involve semiconductor nanoparticle capping ligands, their production and use. Ligands may have the formula with m ranging from approximately 8 to approximately 45. An embodiment provides a method of forming a compound of the formula including the steps of providing a first starting material comprising poly(ethyleneglycol) and reacting the first starting material with a second starting material comprising a functional group for chelating to the surface of a nanoparticle to thereby form the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: NANOCO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark C. McCairn, Steven M. Daniels, Siobhan Cummins, Nigel Pickett