Patents by Inventor Edwin Mellor Southern

Edwin Mellor Southern 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 analyzing a polynucleotide containing a variable sequence
    Patent number: 6150095
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a polynucleotide target involves incubating the target with an oligonucleotide probe, generally an array of immobilised oligonucleotide probes, to form a duplex, and using ligase or polymerase to extend one chain of the duplex. A point mutation or variable number tandem repeat section may be analysed. Arrays of immobilised oligonucleotides are provided for use in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Oxford Gene Technology Limited
    Inventors: Edwin Mellor Southern, Clare Elizabeth Pritchard, Stephen Charles Case-Green
  • Methods for discovering ligands
    Patent number: 6080585
    Abstract: A method of identifying one or a combination of ligands, e.g. oligonucleotides or analogues, that interact specifically with a target, e.g. a DNA or an RNA molecule having a secondary or tertiary structure. One ligand may be pre-reacted to open up the target for interaction with other ligands forming an array on a solid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Oxford Gene Technology Limited
    Inventors: Edwin Mellor Southern, Kalim Ullah Mir, Stephen Charles Case-Green
  • Carrier for samples or reagents
    Patent number: D436668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Cytocell Limited
    Inventors: Donald Leonard Nicholas Cardy, Edwin Mellor Southern, Edward John Maher, Zoia Larin
  • Carrier for samples or reagents
    Patent number: D413390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Cytocell Limited
    Inventors: Edwin Mellor Southern, Edward John Maher, Zoia Larin