Patents by Inventor Jennifer Foster Harris

Jennifer Foster Harris 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).

  • INFECTION DETECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20140087369
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, hydrate or solvate thereof, comprising formula I: A-B wherein A comprises a carbohydrate that is a neuraminidase or galactosidase substrate; B comprises an odorant moiety; B is covalently bonded to an anomeric carbon of A; and A is enzymatically cleavable from B at the covalent bond site between A and B. Also disclosed are methods for detecting a pathogen with neuraminidase activity or galactosidase activity that include contacting the compound with a sample that may include the pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jurgen G. Schmidt, Mark Wolfenden, Aaron Anderson, Jennifer Foster Harris
  • INFECTION DETECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20120122079
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, hydrate or solvate thereof, comprising formula IV: A-B wherein A comprises a substrate for an enzyme of a microorganism; B comprises an odorant moiety; B is covalently bonded to an anomeric carbon of A; and A is enzymatically cleavable from B at the covalent bond site between A and B by the enzyme of the microorganism. Examples of such compounds are referred to as substrate-odorant compounds or odorant chimeras. Also disclosed are methods for detecting a microorganism that include contacting the compound with a sample that may include the microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Jurgen G. Schmidt, Mark Wolfenden, Aaron Anderson, Jennifer Foster Harris, Alexander Koglin
  • INFECTION DETECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20120121511
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, hydrate or solvate thereof, comprising formula I: A-B wherein A comprises a carbohydrate that is a neuraminidase or galactosidase substrate; B comprises an odorant moiety; B is covalently bonded to an anomeric carbon of A; and A is enzymatically cleavable from B at the covalent bond site between A and B. Also disclosed are methods for detecting a pathogen with neuraminidase activity or galactosidase activity that include contacting the compound with a sample that may include the pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Jurgen G. Schmidt, Mark Wolfenden, Aaron Anderson, Jennifer Foster Harris