Patents Represented by Attorney Bruce S. Weintraub
  • Patent number: 5439681
    Abstract: A unique antimicrobial composition comprising parachlorometaxylenol, nonionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, foam builder, moisturizer and/or emollient thickener and an acid to adjust to pH. The composition is useful in providing antimicrobial effectiveness in surgical scrub applications with mildness characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Mohammad A. Khan, Minh Q. Hoang
  • Patent number: 5369036
    Abstract: A process for assaying at least one analyte uses a tracer which includes multiple detectable substances. A tracer composition includes at least one ligand labeled with a particulate label, the particulate label containing at least one detectable substance. Two or more detectable substances in the assay may be in the same particulate label or in different particulate labels conjugated to different ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Mercolino, Joanne H. Hasskamp, Edward C. McFarland
  • Patent number: 5350674
    Abstract: This invention presents a non-isotopic competitive assay for Vitamin B12 (B12), utilizing intrinsic factor (IF) labelled with horse radish peroxidase (HRP), by coupling via heterobifunctional cross-linking agents. In addition, a method for stabilizing the resultant conjugates by pretreatment with N-ethylmaleimide is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Boenisch, Erica A. Sullivan