Patents by Inventor Mitch D. Eggers

Mitch D. Eggers 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).

  • Optical and electrical methods and apparatus for molecule detection
    Patent number: 5846708
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for identifying molecular structures within a sample substance using a monolithic array of test sites formed on a substrate upon which the sample substance is applied. Each test site includes probes formed therein to bond with a predetermined target molecular structure or structures. A signal is applied to the test sites and certain electrical, mechanical and/or optical properties of the test sites are detected to determine which probes have bonded to an associated target molecular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institiute of Technology
    Inventors: Mark A. Hollis, Daniel J. Ehrlich, R. Allen Murphy, Bernard B. Kosicki, Dennis D. Rathman, Richard H. Mathews, Barry E. Burke, Mitch D. Eggers, Michael E. Hogan, Rajender Singh Varma
  • Optical and electrical methods and apparatus for molecule detection
    Patent number: 5653939
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for identifying molecular structures within a sample substance using a monolithic array of test sites formed on a substrate upon which the sample substance is applied. Each test site includes probes formed therein to bond with a predetermined target molecular structure or structures. A signal is applied to the test sites and certain electrical, mechanical and/or optical properties of the test sites are detected to determine which probes have bonded to an associated target molecular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Houston Advanced Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Mark A. Hollis, Daniel J. Ehrlich, R. Allen Murphy, Bernard B. Kosicki, Dennis D. Rathman, Chang-Lee Chen, Richard H. Mathews, Barry E. Burke, Mitch D. Eggers, Michael E. Hogan, Rajender Singh Varma