Patents by Inventor Robert Vartikian

Robert Vartikian 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).

  • High specificity primers, amplification methods and kits
    Patent number: 6365729
    Abstract: For nucleic acid amplification including extension of primers by a DNA polymerase, high specificity primers are provided. The primers include a type of hairpin structure in which a single-stranded loop separates complementary 3′ and 5′ arms and in which the loop and the 3′ arm are complementary to the target nucleic acid. Amplification methods, assays and kits including such primers are included in the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: The Public Health Research Institute of the city of New York, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Tyagi, Fred R. Kramer, Robert Vartikian
  • High specificity primers, amplification methods and kits
    Patent number: 6277607
    Abstract: For nucleic acid amplification including extension of primers by a DNA polymerase, high specificity primers are provided. The primers include a type of hairpin structure in which a single-stranded loop separates complementary 3′ and 5′ arms and in which the loop and the 3′ arm are complementary to the target nucleic acid. Amplification methods, assays and kits including such primers are included in the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventors: Sanjay Tyagi, Fred R. Kramer, Robert Vartikian