Patents by Inventor Nancy Blakemore

Nancy Blakemore 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).

  • Magnetotactic bacteria in clinical assay, immunoassay, and cell separation procedures and the like
    Patent number: 4677067
    Abstract: A method for detecting or removing a substance in a medium is presented. Magnetic material, particularly magnetic bacteria or magnetic particles contained therein, are treated to render them receptive to binding or attachment to the substance sought to be detected or removed. Following binding or attachment to the treated magnetic material, the medium is subjected to a magnetic field, which results in removal of the magnetic material and the substance bound or attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Bio-Magnetech Corporation
    Inventors: Brian B. Schwartz, Nancy Blakemore