Patents by Inventor Robert Alexander W. Johnstone

Robert Alexander W. Johnstone 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).

  • Metal ion-binding mass markers for nucleic acids
    Patent number: 6582916
    Abstract: Provided is a method for characterising an analyte, which method comprises: a) providing a compound in which the analyte is attached by at cleavable linker to a mass marker relatable to the analyte; b) cleaving the mass marker from the analyte; and c) identifying the mass marker, thereby characterising the analyte, wherein the mass marker comprises a metal ion-binding moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Aventis Research & Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schmidt, Andrew Hugin Thompson, Robert Alexander W. Johnstone