Patents by Inventor David Gillespie, deceased

David Gillespie, deceased 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).

  • Competitor primer asymmetric polymerase chain reaction
    Patent number: 5627054
    Abstract: A process for determining both the presence and number of copies of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample being analyzed. In this process, amplification of a target nucleic acid sequence produces single-stranded DNA that is efficiently detected by nucleic acid probe hybridization and is present in an amount that is proportional to the number of copies of the target sequence originally present in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: David Gillespie, deceased