Patents by Inventor Stephen Gwynn Ballard

Stephen Gwynn Ballard 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).

  • Multiparametric fluorescence in situ hybridization
    Patent number: 5759781
    Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with one predetermined autosomal or sex chromosome of a human karyotype, and to the use of such molecules to identify the individual autosomal and sex chromosomes of a human karyotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: David C. Ward, Michael Speicher, Stephen Gwynn Ballard