Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Analyzer – structured indicator – or manipulative laboratory... – Structured visual or optical indicator – per se
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-21
2011-06-21
Caldarola, Glenn (Department: 1771)
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Analyzer, structured indicator, or manipulative laboratory...
Structured visual or optical indicator, per se
C422S068100, C422S083000, C977S920000, C977S924000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07964159
ABSTRACT:
Described herein are novel devices for the study of transport characteristics of complex or simple fluids, interactions among molecules in suspension, interactions between molecules in suspension and wall-bound molecules, and biochemical sensing devices made of reservoirs for fluid containment linked by a nanotubes. Also disclosed are methods of delivering medicaments and monitoring fluidic interactions of molecules or analytes.
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Bau Haim H.
Gogotsi Yury
Kim Byong Man
Riegelman Michael A.
Boyer Randy
Caldarola Glenn
Drexel University
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Woodcock & Washburn LLP
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