Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Philip L. McGarrigel
  • Preparation of nucleic acid samples
    Patent number: 6613516
    Abstract: The presently claimed invention provides methods, compositions, and apparatus for studying nucleic acids. Specifically, the present invention provides a novel enrichment and labeling strategy for ribonucleic acids. In one embodiment, the invention provides enriching for a population of interest in a complex population by diminishing the presence of a target sequence. In a further embodiment, the invention can be used to reproducibly label and detect extremely small amounts of nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred C. Christians, Duc Do, Thomas Gingeras, Kevin Gunderson, Charles G. Miyada, Carsten Rosenow, Kai Wu, Qing Yang