Commercial Assistance Required - IPreferPI
- From: D Polakow <polakow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:28:06 +0200
Dear readers of sci.chem.coatings
Apologies to the readers of this newsgroup if this request is severely
misplaced. It is, as you may gauge, a genuine request for commercial
assistance rather than spam.
We represent a biotechnology company domiciled in the Republic of
South Africa. The company is owned and managed by a consortium of
entrepreneurs, and is currently developing novel IP in the field of
bio-reactive materials. Having secured sufficient first-phase working
capital, and with satisfactory progress on our worldwide patent
claims, we now seek expert assistance for the further technical
development phase of our business. This letter is intended as a
request for assistance in this regard.
Our need is as follows:
1. We are looking for a chemical engineering solution that indicates
whether or not a substrate has been touched by human skin,
specifically fingertips, by way of a rapid (i.e. seconds) and
permanent visible (to the naked eye) change in the substrate.
2. The solution should be engineered to be cheap, non-toxic,
non-transferable and stable (pH, temperature, light, water and most
commonly available solvents).
3. We have demonstrated proof of principle using filter paper
impregnated with Ninhydrin; but this solution is neither safe
(carcinogenic), nor stable (it oxidizes quickly) and the substrate
seems inappropriate for our purposes.
4. Further investigations into bio-reactive compounds, covalently
bonded to a polymer backbone, appear worthwhile. We know of several
compounds that are known to interact with amino acids to produce a
colour reaction (eg's. erythrulose, 5-MTN , di-hydroxy-acetone, sudan
black) and there are likely to be many more we are unaware of. We are
not professional chemists.
5. We are looking for a solution that may or may not be novel. The
specific application of the technology, whether it is existing or new,
is of more interest to us and this forms the basis of our dependent
patent claims (PCT documentation available upon request).
We therefore require a researcher or a research group with some degree
of innovation and possibly synthetic know-how. Polymer technology may
or may not be required - depending on the solution sought. We are not
looking for guarantees, simply honest and creative research.
We have spent several months consulting with the South African
academic chemistry groups and commercial laboratories, and are now
desirous of seeking more appropriate expertise from the international
scientific community.
We will require a basic non-disclosure and cession of IP agreement to
be entered into before the research commences.
If you know of any experimental grouping or commercial lab that may
have an interest in this consulting project, please be so kind as to
direct them to us. Your efforts would be most appreciated.
Lastly, please do not respond to this missive directly as a thread on
this newsgroup but rather directly with ourselves (my contact details
are noted below).
Your sincerely,
Dr Daniel Polakow
Executive Chairman
IPreferPI Scientific Venture Capitalism (Proprietary) LTD
Reg: 2006/027323/07
M: +27 82-874-8558
E: Polakow@xxxxxxxxxxx
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