Patents by Inventor Susan Melissa Atwood

Susan Melissa Atwood 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).

  • Diagnostic compositions, elements, methods and test kits for amplification and detection of two or more DNA's using primers having matched melting temperatures
    Patent number: 6936415
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing primers for opposing strands of two or more target nucleic acids can be used in polymerase chain reaction to provide simultaneously rapid and efficient amplification and detection of those nucleic acids. The primers for each target DNA differ in length by no more than 5 nucleotides and have a Tm within the range of from about 65 to about 74° C., while the Tm's are within about 5° C. of each other. Such compositions are useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for amplification and detection of multiple nucleic acids, or in “multiplexing”, using multiple capture probes. All of the capture probes have Tm's which are greater than 50° C. and are within 15° C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cummins, Susan Melissa Atwood, Lynn Bergmeyer, John Bruce Findlay, John W. H. Sutherland, JoAnne H. Kerschner
  • Diagnostic compositions, elements, methods and test kits for amplification and detection of two or more target DNA's using primers having matched melting temperatures
    Patent number: 6174668
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing primers for opposing strands of two or more target nucleic acids can be used in polymerase chain reaction to provide simultaneously rapid and efficient amplification and detection of those nucleic acids. The primers for each target DNA differ in length by no more than 5 nucleotides and have a Tm within the range of from about 65 to about 74° C., while the Tm's are within about 5° C. of each other. Such compositions are useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for amplification and detection of multiple nucleic acids, or in “multiplexing”, using multiple capture probes. All of the capture probes have Tm's which are greater than 50° C. and are within 15° C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cummins, Susan Melissa Atwood, Lynn Bergmeyer, John Bruce Findlay, John W. H. Sutherland, JoAnne H. Kerschner
  • Diagnostic compositions, elements, methods and test kits for amplification and detection of two or more DNA's using primers having matched melting temperatures
    Patent number: 5811295
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing primers for opposing strands of two or more target nucleic acids can be used in polymerase chain reaction to provide simultaneously rapid and efficient amplification and detection of those nucleic acids. The primers for each target DNA differ in length by no more than 5 nucleotides and have a T.sub.m within the range of from about 65.degree. to about 74.degree. C., while the T.sub.m 's are within about 5.degree. C. of each other. Such compositions are useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for amplification and detection of multiple nucleic acids, or in "multiplexing", using multiple capture probes. All of the capture probes have T.sub.m 's which are greater than 50.degree. C. and are within 15.degree. C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cummins, Susan Melissa Atwood, Lynn Bergmeyer, John Bruce Findlay, John W. H. Sutherland, JoAnne H. Kerschner
  • Diagnostic compositions, elements, methods and test kits for amplification and detection of two or more DNA's using primers having matched melting temperatures
    Patent number: 5733751
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing primers for opposing strands of two or more target nucleic acids can be used in polymerase chain reaction to provide simultaneously rapid and efficient amplification and detection of those nucleic acids. The primers for each target DNA differ in length by no more than 5 nucleotides and have a T.sub.m within the range of from about 65.degree. to about 74.degree. C., while the T.sub.m 's are within about 5.degree. C. of each other. Such compositions are useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for amplification and detection of multiple nucleic acids, or in "multiplexing", using multiple capture probes. All of the capture probes have T.sub.m 's which are greater than 50.degree. C. and are within 15.degree. C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagonstics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cummins, Susan Melissa Atwood, Lynn Bergmeyer, John Bruce Findlay, John W. H. Sutherland, JoAnne H. Kerschner
  • Diagnostic compositions, elements, methods and test kits for amplification and detection of two or more DNA's using primers having matched melting temperatures
    Patent number: 5702901
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing primers for opposing strands of two or more target nucleic acids can be used in polymerase chain reaction to provide simultaneously rapid and efficient amplification and detection of those nucleic acids. The primers for each target DNA differ in length by no more than 5 nucleotides and have a T.sub.m within the range of from about 65.degree. to about 74.degree. C., while the T.sub.m 's are within about 5.degree. C. of each other. Such compositions are useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for amplification and detection of multiple nucleic acids, or in "multiplexing", using multiple capture probes. All of the capture probes have T.sub.m 's which are greater than 50.degree. C. and are within 15.degree. C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Clinical Diagnostic Systems
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cummins, Susan Melissa Atwood, Lynn Bergmeyer, John Bruce Findlay, John W.H. Sutherland, JoAnne H. Kerschner
  • Diagnostic primers and probes
    Patent number: 5654416
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing primers for opposing strands of two or more target nucleic acids can be used in polymerase chain reaction to provide simultaneously rapid and efficient amplification and detection of those nucleic acids. The primers for each target DNA differ in length by no more than 5 nucleotides and have a T.sub.m within the range of from about 65.degree. to about 74.degree. C., while the T.sub.m 's are within about 5.degree. C. of each other. Such compositions are useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for amplification and detection of multiple nucleic acids, or in "multiplexing", using multiple capture probes. All of the capture probes have T.sub.m 's which are greater than 50.degree. C. and are within 15.degree. C. of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cummins, Susan Melissa Atwood, Lynn Bergmeyer, John Bruce Findlay, John W. H. Sutherland, JoAnne H. Kerschner