Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Richard S. Handley
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Patent number: 8137990Abstract: Methods and compound useful for detecting a source of hydrogen peroxide are disclosed wherein a signalling compound of the formula: is reacted with peroxide. Sig is a non-polymeric organic group, B is a boron atom, and each R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl groups and can be joined together as a straight or branched alkylene chain forming a ring or as an aromatic ring. A detectable product compound of the formula Sig-OH or Sig-O?is produced and detected by measuring color, absorbance, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, or bioluminescence. The signalling compound itself does not possess the detectable property or does so only to a very weak degree. The methods can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxide or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Robert A. Eickholt, Kenneth S. Lauwers, Richard S. Handley
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Patent number: 8124362Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 8106203Abstract: Methods for generating chemiluminescence rapidly by reaction of at least one compound comprising a C—C double bond substituted at one carbon with two sulfur atom-containing groups with a peroxidase enzyme and a peroxide are disclosed. The chemiluminescence thus produced can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxidase enzymes or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs. Use of the methods provides rapid signal generation, achieving a plateau intensity in under one minute. The substrate can be provided in a composition which demonstrates unexpectedly long storage stability.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Renuka de Silva, Wenhua Xie
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Patent number: 8076092Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 8012705Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 7923213Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 7923214Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 7897352Abstract: The present invention is related to compositions useful for the measurement of free or unbound analyte concentrations in a fluid. The present invention includes the use of capture ligands and stabilizing agents to improve the accuracy of analyte concentration assays. Methods and tools for using the present invention are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventors: Wenyuan Lu, Katherine M. Leith, Stephen P. Chan, Courtney E. Walton
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Patent number: 7799534Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 7732153Abstract: Assay methods are disclosed involving specific binding reactions which are simplified compared to known methods. A compound capable of producing chemiluminescence is immobilized on a solid support as is a member of a specific binding pair for capturing an analyte from a sample. An activator compound that activates the chemiluminescent compound and is conjugated to a specific binding pair member is added in excess along with the sample to the solid support. Addition of a trigger solution causes a chemiluminescent reaction at the sites where the activator conjugate has been specifically bound. The assay methods are termed non-separation assays because they do not require removal or separation of excess detection label (activator conjugate) prior to the detection step. The methods are applicable to various types of assays including immunoassays, receptor-ligand assays and nucleic acid hybridization assays.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 7704752Abstract: Methods and compound useful for detecting a source of hydrogen peroxide are disclosed wherein a signalling compound of the formula: is reacted with peroxide. Sig is a non-polymeric organic group, B is a boron atom, and each R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl groups and can be joined together as a straight or branched alkylene chain forming a ring or as an aromatic ring. A detectable product compound of the formula Sig-OH or Sig-O? is produced and detected by measuring color, absorbance, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, or bioluminescence. The signalling compound itself does not possess the detectable property or does so only to a very weak degree. The methods can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxide or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Robert A. Eickholt, Kenneth S. Lauwers, Richard S. Handley
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Patent number: 7682839Abstract: Methods using chemiluminescent label compounds and chemiluminescent labeled conjugates are provided. The compounds comprise an acridan ring bearing an exocyclic ketene dithioacetal group and further contain a labeling substituent which permits attachment to compounds of interest. The novel chemiluminescent compounds and labeled conjugates are convenient to prepare, are highly stable, and generate chemiluminescence rapidly on demand. The compounds and conjugates are useful in assays of an analyte in a sample and in assays employing labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Renuka de Silva, Wenhua Xie
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Patent number: 7560556Abstract: Methods for generating chemiluminescence rapidly by reaction of at least one compound comprising a C—C double bond substituted at one carbon with two sulfur atom-containing groups with a peroxidase enzyme and a peroxide are disclosed. The chemiluminescence thus produced can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxidase enzymes or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs. Use of the methods provides rapid signal generation, achieving a plateau intensity in under one minute. The substrate can be provided in a composition which demonstrates unexpectedly long storage stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Renuka de Silva, Wenhua Xie
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Patent number: 7390670Abstract: Methods and compound useful for detecting a source of hydrogen peroxide are disclosed wherein a signalling compound of the formula: is reacted with peroxide. Sig is a non-polymeric organic group, B is a boron atom, and each R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl groups and can be joined together as a straight or branched alkylene chain forming a ring or as an aromatic ring. A detectable product compound of the formula Sig—OH or Sig—O? is produced and detected by measuring color, absorbance, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, or bioluminescence. The signalling compound itself does not possess the detectable property or does so only to a very weak degree. The methods can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxide or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Robert A. Eickholt, Kenneth S. Lauwers, Richard S. Handley
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Patent number: 7247726Abstract: Novel compounds comprising a C—C double bond substituted at one carbon with two sulfur atom-containing groups are disclosed. The compounds are useful in methods and compositions for generating chemiluminescence rapidly by reaction with a peroxidase enzyme and a peroxide. The chemiluminescence thus produced can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxidase enzymes or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Renuka de Silva, Wenhua Xie
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Patent number: 7186568Abstract: Methods are disclosed for producing electrochemiluminescence by electrochemically oxidizing an acridan compound at an electrode in the presence of a peroxide. Maintaining a sufficiently positive potential results in continuous oxidation of the acridan compound to an acridinium compound which reacts with peroxide to produce the luminescence. Light emission can be reversibly and repeatedly cycled on and off by sweeping the potential between two values. The acridan compounds can be provided with a labeling group for linking to an analyte or analyte binding partner. The present electrochemiluminescent reaction can find use in assay methods for detecting analytes by immunoassays and nucleic acid assays.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Lumigen Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Robert Wilson, David Jorge Schiffrin
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Patent number: 7129045Abstract: Methods of detecting or measuring the activity of polynucleotide kinase are disclosed as well as methods of detecting an analyte in an assay using polynucleotide kinase as a label on a member of a specific binding pair. The methods rely on the phosphorylation of an oligonucleotide followed by ligation of the oligonucleotide 5?-phosphate onto another template-bound oligonucleotide. The presence of the ligated product signals the presence of polynucleotide kinase. In preferred embodiments, phosphorylation of an oligonucleotide enables the consecutive ligation of a set of oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides so ligated can be detectably labeled with, for example, other enzymes to provide highly sensitive detection methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventor: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti
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Patent number: 6919463Abstract: Compounds useful for detecting a source of hydrogen peroxide are disclosed wherein a signalling compound of the formula: is reacted with peroxide. Sig is an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring group, B is a boron atom, and R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl groups and can be joined together as a straight or branched alkylene chain forming a five or six-membered ring. A detectable product compound of the formula Sig-OH Is produced and detected by measuring color, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, or bioluminescence. The signalling compound itself does not possess the detectable property or does so only to a very weak degree. The compounds can be used for detection in assays for peroxide or peroxide-producing enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Robert A. Eickholt, Kenneth S. Lauwers, Richard S. Handley
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Patent number: 6897036Abstract: Methods of producing fluorescence from fluorogenic substrates reactive with a peroxidase enzyme are disclosed. Use of the methods in assays for peroxidase enzymes, peroxidase-labeled analytes are provided. Fluorogenic compounds, compositions and kits for reaction with peroxidase enzymes are described. Two modes of producing fluorescent compounds are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Renuka de Silva, Mark Sandison, Richard Handley
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Patent number: 6891057Abstract: Novel compounds comprising a C—C double bond substituted at one carbon with two oxygen or sulfur atom-containing groups are disclosed. The compounds are useful in methods and compositions for generating chemiluminescence by reaction with a peroxidase enzyme and a peroxide. The chemiluminescence thus produced can be used as a detectable signal in assays for peroxidase enzymes and in assays employing enzyme-labeled specific binding pairs.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Lumigen, Inc.Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Zahra Arghavani, Renuka DeSilva