Patents by Inventor John Bruce Findley

John Bruce Findley 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).

  • Nucleic acid amplification and detection methods using rapid polymerase chain reaction cycle
    Patent number: 6475729
    Abstract: Nucleic acids can be amplified and detected using a very rapid polymerase chain reaction procedure. This procedure includes a series of steps which have critically defined temperature and time parameters. Each polymerase chain reaction cycle requires generally less than about two minutes, and in most cases less than 90 seconds. At least 5 units/100 &mgr;l of solution of thermostable DNA polymerase are used, and other preferred levels of primer concentrations facilitate the quick cycling in the amplification. In preferred embodiments, only two temperatures are used in the amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bruce Findley, John Wesley Backus, William Harold Donish, John William H. Sutherland