Patents by Inventor Borries W. Kemper

Borries W. Kemper 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).

  • Detection of mutation by resolvase cleavage
    Patent number: 5958692
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for detecting one or more mutations in an isolated test nucleic acid by forming a heteroduplex with a homologous control DNA and contacting the heteroduplex with a resolvase capable of recognizing at least one single base pair mismatch within the heteroduplex. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the resolvase is bacteriophage T4 endonuclease VII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Variagenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard G. H. Cotton, Rima Youil, Borries W. Kemper
  • Detection of mutation by resolvase cleavage
    Patent number: 5698400
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for detecting one or more mutations in an isolated test nucleic acid by forming a heteroduplex with a homologous control DNA and contacting the heteroduplex with a resolvase capable of recognizing at least one single base pair mismatch within the heteroduplex. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the resolvase is bacteriophage T4 endonuclease VII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Avitech Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard G. H. Cotton, Rima Youil, Borries W. Kemper