A novel analytical assay for the spectrophotometric determination of phosphate in natural waters

一种新的分光光度法测定天然水中磷酸盐的分析方法

• 批准号: NE/P006833/1
• 负责人: Socratis Loucaides
• 金额: $ 0.53万
• 依托单位: NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FP006833%2F1
• 关键词: novel; analytical; assay; spectrophotometric; determination

The objective of this Pathfinder application is to secure funding of £3,990 plus VAT to file a patent at the UK patent office for a novel assay for phosphate (bioavailable form of phosphorous) analysis in natural waters that demonstrates significantly better performance both in laboratory analysis and within in situ autonomous wet chemical sensors. The patent will aim to protect the assay as a product and also the recipe to the assay/product. We will need to instruct the patent attorney, Nick Braddon of Barker Brettell, who has quoted £3,200 plus VAT to file the patent at the UK patent office. The work will require us (i.e. Charlie Morgan of the NOC Enterprise Team, Dr. Geraldine Turner and Dr. Socratis Loucaides) providing instructions to Nick Braddon which typically involves a face-to-face meeting (c. 3 hours), review and amending Nick's draft (c. 3 hours) and finalising the draft (c.1 hour) and then Nick filing the patent at the UK patent office.Once filed in the UK, we intend to commission a new independent market study with additional Pathfinder funds to research the markets for its application within (i) environmental/water quality sensor manufacturers for in situ applications (e.g. Seabird Scientific, Xylem, TE Laboratories) and (ii) suppliers of assays (chemical solutions) for laboratory use worldwide (e.g. Scaler, Seal, Hach and Agilent).The patent filing and subsequent market research will provide NERC and NOC with timely market information to evaluate the commercial opportunities of the new assay. It will help us to ensure we secure the best possible license deals across the different markets. As the technology is now reaching mature levels, the research will inform our decision making around how we license the technologies by identifying the leading companies in each market and it could open new doors for licensing opportunities within different market sectors (e.g. the chemicals industry) and inform our future technology development plans to meet anticipated market needs.

该Pathfinder申请的目的是获得3，990英镑加增值税的资金，以便在英国专利局申请一项专利，用于天然沃茨中磷酸盐（磷的生物可利用形式）分析的新方法，该方法在实验室分析和原位自主湿化学传感器中均表现出显著更好的性能。该专利旨在保护作为产品的检测试剂盒以及检测试剂盒/产品的配方。我们需要指示专利律师，Barker Brettell的Nick Braddon，他已经引用了3，200英镑加上增值税在英国专利局提交专利。这项工作将要求我们（即NOC企业团队的Charlie Morgan、Geraldine Turner博士和Socratis Loucaides博士）向Nick Braddon提供指示，这通常涉及面对面的会议（c）。3小时），审查和修改尼克的草案（c。3小时），并完成草案（约1小时），然后Nick在英国专利局提交专利。一旦在英国提交专利，我们打算委托一项新的独立市场研究，并提供额外的探路者基金，以研究其在以下领域的应用市场：（i）环境/水质传感器制造商的原位应用（例如Seabird Scientific、Xylem、TE Laboratories）和（ii）检测试剂供应商（化学溶液）供全球实验室使用（例如定标器、密封器、哈赫和安捷伦）。专利申请和随后的市场调查将为NERC和NOC提供及时的市场信息，以评估新的分析。这将有助于我们确保在不同市场获得最佳的许可协议。由于该技术现已达到成熟水平，该研究将通过确定每个市场的领先公司，为我们如何许可这些技术提供决策信息，它可以为不同市场领域（例如化学品行业）的许可机会打开新的大门，并为我们未来的技术开发计划提供信息，以满足预期的市场需求。