Use of metal complexes

US8168445B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bio-Layer Pty Ltd. · AU

Inventors

• Benjamin Ward Muir · Melbourne, AU
• Michael C. Barden · Brisbane, AU
• Dennis Rylatt · Melbourne, AU
• N. Joe Maeji · Palmerston, AU
• Carmel J. Hillyard · Forsayth, AU
• Alain-Dominique Jean-Pierre Gorse · Dingo, AU
• Raisa Leonidovna Monteiro · Calle de la Era, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2005
• Grant date: May 1, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/54393
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of immobilizing a target molecule on a substrate, which comprises exposing the target molecule to the substrate in the presence of a metal complex, wherein the target molecule is an unmodified target molecule, and wherein the metal complex is selected to provide a stable binding interaction between the target molecule and the substrate.