Elizabeth Marie Dees

US Patent:

20130146530, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Dec 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/314921

Inventors:

Hua Wang - Clifton Park NY, US
Steven Thomas Rice - Scotia NY, US
Gary William Yeager - Rexford NY, US
Joseph Anthony Suriano - Clifton Park NY, US
Elizabeth Marie Dees - Ballston Lake NY, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - SCHENECTADY NY

International Classification:

B01D 71/54
B05D 5/00
B01D 71/06
B01D 71/40
B82Y 30/00

US Classification:

21050038, 21050027, 21050037, 427244, 977773, 977755

Abstract:

One aspect of the present invention includes a membrane. The membrane includes a porous support and a polymeric layer disposed on the porous support. The membrane further includes a plurality of substantially hydrophobic mesoporous nanoparticles disposed within the polymeric layer. A water treatment system and a method of making a membrane are also presented.

US Patent:

20160002621, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Jul 1, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/321160

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
David Roger Moore - Rexford NY, US
Robert Scott Duthie - Schenectady NY, US
Matthew Jeremiah Misner - Delanson NY, US
Gregory Andrew Grossmann - Halfmoon NY, US
Elizabeth Marie Dees - Ballston Lake NY, US
Patrick McCoy Spooner - Slingerlands NY, US
Erik Leeming Kvam - Niskayuna NY, US
Andrew Arthur Paul Burns - Niskayuna NY, US
Vicki Herzl Watkins - Alplaus NY, US

International Classification:

C12N 15/10

Abstract:

A method is provided herein, the method includes: applying a sample comprising target nucleic acids to a sample application zone of a substrate; and flowing a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture across a length of the substrate through the sample application zone to amplify the target nucleic acid forming a nucleic acid amplification product; wherein the target nucleic acid having a first molecular weight is substantially immobilized at the sample application zone and wherein the amplification product having a second molecular weight migrates away from the sample application zone. An associated device is also provided.