US Patent Issued to Nicoya Lifesciences on June 10 for "Surface plasmon resonance signal amplification" (Canadian, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,403, issued on June 10, was assigned to Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. (Kitchener, Canada).

"Surface plasmon resonance signal amplification" was invented by Chanel Leong (Ghent, Belgium) and Hojjat Seyed Jamali (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an improved surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensors, improved SPR and LSPR sensor surface chemistry, and methods and systems for improved detection of analytes in SPR and LSPR. Use of the SPR and LSPR sensors described herein improves signal amplification, and thus, provides for higher signal-to-noise...