Patents by Inventor Thomas Houser

Thomas Houser 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).

  • Patent number: 9864832
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for an automated analysis of a collection of melt curves is provided. The analysis can identify certain characteristics of double stranded nucleotide sequences (e.g. DNA or other nucleotide sequences) which were melted. For example, a variation (e.g. a mutation) in the sequences (also called amplicons) may be determined from the analysis. The amplicons may be amplified via any amplification mechanism, such as PCR or Ligase chain reaction (LCR). The automated analysis can include identifying a melt region, normalizing a melt curve, and clustering melt curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Houser
  • Publication number: 20140067277
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for an automated analysis of a collection of melt curves is provided. The analysis can identify certain characteristics of double stranded nucleotide sequences (e.g. DNA or other nucleotide sequences) which were melted. For example, a variation (e.g. a mutation) in the sequences (also called amplicons) may be determined from the analysis. The amplicons may be amplified via any amplification mechanism, such as PCR or Ligase chain reaction (LCR). The automated analysis can include identifying a melt region, normalizing a melt curve, and clustering melt curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Houser
  • Patent number: 8606527
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for an automated analysis of a collection of melt curves is provided. The analysis can identify certain characteristics of double stranded nucleotide sequences (e.g. DNA or other nucleotide sequences) which were melted. For example, a variation (e.g. a mutation) in the sequences (also called amplicons) may be determined from the analysis. The amplicons may be amplified via any amplification mechanism, such as PCR or Ligase chain reaction (LCR). The automated analysis can include identifying a melt region, normalizing a melt curve, and clustering melt curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Houser
  • Publication number: 20100250145
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for an automated analysis of a collection of melt curves is provided. The analysis can identify certain characteristics of double stranded nucleotide sequences (e.g. DNA or other nucleotide sequences) which were melted. For example, a variation (e.g. a mutation) in the sequences (also called amplicons) may be determined from the analysis. The amplicons may be amplified via any amplification mechanism, such as PCR or Ligase chain reaction (LCR). The automated analysis can include identifying a melt region, normalizing a melt curve, and clustering melt curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Houser
  • Publication number: 20070038986
    Abstract: A Java/COM bridge provides enhanced late-bound COM-to-Java support. The Java/COM bridge allows a COM application to make a late bound call to a Java class in a Java application wherein the late bound call contains a parameter indicating that the Java class should not be instantiated. The Java/COM bridge returns to the COM application a static COM proxy representing the Java class without instantiating the Java class. Using the static COM proxy, the COM application can call static methods and reference static variables of the Java class. The COM application can also call constructors of the Java class that take parameters by passing the parameters without specifying a method. The Java/COM bridge will identify the Java class constructor based on the specified parameters and instantiate a Java object by calling the identified constructor with the specified parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Houser
  • Patent number: 5053118
    Abstract: The composition of asphalt pavements can be determined through bitument extraction, employing an alicyclic hydrocarbon as extractant under subcritical conditions. For example, cyclohexane is so employed in conjunction with an apparatus hereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Inventor: Thomas Houser