Patents by Inventor Andrew Van Kessel

Andrew Van Kessel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods of identifying, characterizing and comparing organism communities
    Publication number: 20050026188
    Abstract: Methods of characterizing and identifying microorganisms within a community of microorganisms are described. The methods include amplifying variable regions of the cpn60 gene of samples taken from the microbial community. Primers designed from the analysis of phylogenetic comparisons of nucleotide sequences of the variable regions of the cpn60 gene are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Van Kessel, Sean Hemmingsen, Janet Hill
  • Cpn60 targets for quantification of microbial species
    Publication number: 20040185446
    Abstract: cpn60 nucleic acid-based methods for determining microbial profiles are provided, as are cpn60 primers and probes for use in methods of the invention, and kits containing such primers and probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Alison M. Jones, W. Wade Robey, Sean Hemmingsen, Janet Hill, Andrew Van Kessel