Patents by Inventor Stanley Walter Botchway

Stanley Walter Botchway 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).

  • Optical tweezers
    Patent number: 7750329
    Abstract: An imaging device using an array of active pixels, with a readout control for outputting from selected regions of interest is disclosed. When used to detect the positions of optically trapped objects, the fast readout rate enables fine control of the optical traps to stabilize the objects. Multiple objects can be controlled while being moved relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Science and Technology Facilities Council
    Inventors: Stanley Walter Botchway, Andrew David Ward, Renato Andrea Danilo Turchetta, Mark Prydderch, Michael Towrie
  • Optically controllable device
    Patent number: 7525088
    Abstract: A device for manipulation by a plurality of optical traps is disclosed. Connected trapping elements such as transparent beads are also connected to a tip, which is spaced from the trapping elements by a distance greater than the effective range of the optical trapping fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: The Science and Technology Facilities Council
    Inventors: Stanley Walter Botchway, Andrew David Ward, Michael Towrie