Patents by Inventor James N. Herron

James N. Herron 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 of determining energy transfer efficiency of a donor-acceptor pair of fluorescent dyes
    Patent number: 5237515
    Abstract: The energy transfer efficiency of a donor-acceptor pair of fluorescent dyes can be determined by first measuring the fluorescence and absorption spectra of donor-protein, acceptor-protein, mixture of donor-protein and acceptor-protein, and donor-acceptor-protein conjugates, then separating the respective spectra into their respective donor-protein complex and acceptor-protein complex components using multiple linear regression, and then determining the transfer efficiency on the basis of the quenching of the donor fluorescence based on the spectral data thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: James N. Herron, Ai-Ping Wei