Patents by Inventor Shiao-Chun Tu

Shiao-Chun Tu 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).

  • Real-time sequence determination
    Publication number: 20030064366
    Abstract: A sequencing methodology is disclosed that allows a single DNA or RNA molecule or portion thereof to be sequenced directly and in substantially real time. The methodology involves engineering a polymerase and/or dNTPs with atomic and/or molecular tags that have a detectable property that is monitored by a detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Susan Hardin, Xiaolian Gao, James Briggs, Richard Willson, Shiao-Chun Tu
  • Enzyme assay and kit therefor
    Patent number: 4278761
    Abstract: Compositions and methods featuring, in one aspect, an enzyme assay in which one of a pair of enzymes is immobilized on an insoluble support, and brought into contact with a solution containing the other enzyme of the pair and the substrates of both enzymes. The enzymes catalyze reactions between the substrates, and one or more products of the last such reaction are measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: John W. Hastings, Shiao-Chun Tu