Patents by Inventor Stephen Turney

Stephen Turney 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).

  • Method for generating microscopic patterns of protein and other macromolecules
    Patent number: 8921283
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating microscopic patterns of macromolecules such as proteins on a solid surface are described. Pulsed laser light is used to alter surface portions of a solid surface substrate in a predetermined pattern, by removing macromolecules from surface portions of the substrate where the light is focused. The same wavelength light at lower intensity can be used to visualize the removal by its reflection from the specimen surface along the path to the detector. Select macromolecules introduced to the substrate selectively adhere to select surface portions, thereby depositing macromolecules in the predetermined pattern on the solid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Paul Bridgman, Stephen Turney
  • Method for Generating Microscopic Patterns of Protein and Other Macromolecules
    Publication number: 20080220985
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating microscopic patterns of macromolecules such as proteins on a solid surface are described. Pulsed laser light is used to alter surface portions of a solid surface substrate in a predetermined pattern, by removing macromolecules from surface portions of the substrate where the light is focused. The same wavelength light at lower intensity can be used to visualize the removal by its reflection from the specimen surface along the path to the detector. Select macromolecules introduced to the substrate selectively adhere to select surface portions, thereby depositing macromolecules in the predetermined pattern on the solid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Bridgman, Stephen Turney