Patents by Inventor David Neil Thompson

David Neil Thompson 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES FOR DETERMINING ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY AND METHODS OF FORMATION
    Publication number: 20160108455
    Abstract: Methods for determining thermophilic enzymatic activity include heating a substrate solution in a plurality of closed volumes to a predetermined reaction temperature. Without opening the closed volumes, at least one enzyme is added, substantially simultaneously, to the closed volumes. At the predetermined reaction temperature, the closed volumes are agitated and then the activity of the at least one enzyme is determined. The methods are conducive for characterizing enzymes of high-temperature reactions, with insoluble substrates, with substrates and enzymes that do not readily intermix, and with low volumes of substrate and enzyme. Systems for characterizing the enzymes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: David Neil Thompson, Emily DeCrescenzo Henriksen, David William Reed, Jill Renee Jensen
  • Methods for determining enzymatic activity comprising heating and agitation of closed volumes
    Patent number: 9284596
    Abstract: Methods for determining thermophilic enzymatic activity include heating a substrate solution in a plurality of closed volumes to a predetermined reaction temperature. Without opening the closed volumes, at least one enzyme is added, substantially simultaneously, to the closed volumes. At the predetermined reaction temperature, the closed volumes are agitated and then the activity of the at least one enzyme is determined. The methods are conducive for characterizing enzymes of high-temperature reactions, with insoluble substrates, with substrates and enzymes that do not readily intermix, and with low volumes of substrate and enzyme. Systems for characterizing the enzymes are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: David Neil Thompson, Emily DeCrescenzo Henriksen, David William Reed, Jill Renee Jensen
  • METHODS FOR DETERMINING ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20150225765
    Abstract: Methods for determining thermophilic enzymatic activity include heating a substrate solution in a plurality of closed volumes to a predetermined reaction temperature. Without opening the closed volumes, at least one enzyme is added, substantially simultaneously, to the closed volumes. At the predetermined reaction temperature, the closed volumes are agitated and then the activity of the at least one enzyme is determined. The methods are conducive for characterizing enzymes of high-temperature reactions, with insoluble substrates, with substrates and enzymes that do not readily intermix, and with low volumes of substrate and enzyme. Systems for characterizing the enzymes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: David Neil Thompson, Emily DeCrescenzo Henriksen, David William Reed, Jill Renee Jensen