Patents

US 11275028 B2: Rapid culture free pathogen detection via optical spectroscopy

Granted
2022-03-15
Filed
2017-09-18 application 16333681
Type
Utility · 12 claims
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Abstract

Methods and apparatus for rapid, culture and/or label free pathogen detection. The methods utilize optical spectroscopy techniques to identify and/or characterize pathogens in a sample via the detection of unique properties and/or analytes that are specific to particular pathogens.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220315.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
STC.UNM 475 patentsUS company or organizationAlbuquerque, NMPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Aaron Kurt NeumannAlbuquerque, NM6PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Anatoliy O PinchukColorado Springs, CO4PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Ke JiangColorado Springs, CO2PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical propertiesG01N21/658PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
C12QMeasuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms ; compositions or test papers therefor; processes of preparing such compositions; condition-responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processesC12Q1/04PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2022-02-02Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO signed 2022-01-05UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS ALBUQUERQUE, NM58859/291ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2022-02-02Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
NEUMANN, AARON KURT signed 2021-12-15THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE, NM58859/164ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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