Patents by Inventor Clarence A. Speer

Clarence A. Speer 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).

  • Method for diagnosing infections
    Patent number: 7713715
    Abstract: Antigens are removed from the surface of an organism, such as a microorganism, without disrupting the organism and releasing internal antigens of the organism. The free surface antigens of the organism may be used to determine the presence of infection in an animal due to the organism by determining the presence of antibodies that bind to the free surface antigens in a sample obtained from the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clarence A. Speer, Shigetoshi Eda
  • Method for diagnosing infectious diseases
    Patent number: 7422869
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing the presence in an animal of an infection due to a microorganism in which a test sample obtained from the animal is exposed to a population of the microorganism and the presence of binding of the microorganism by an antibody in the test sample is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Eda, Clarence A. Speer
  • Method for diagnosing infectious diseases
    Patent number: 7276350
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing the presence in an animal of an infection due to a microorganism in which a test sample obtained from the animal is exposed to a population of the microorganism and the presence of binding of the microorganism by an antibody in the test sample is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Eda, Clarence A. Speer