Patents Assigned to Molecular Sensors Limited
  • Control of nucleic acid amplification procedures including the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
    Patent number: 6493640
    Abstract: A system for optimising the cycling conditions used to control a polymerase chain reaction assigns membership values for denaturation, annealing and extension events in order to determine the relative contribution of each event during the reaction, and using genetic algorithms to determine the optimum times required to complete each event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Molecular Sensors Limited
    Inventors: John Michael Clarkson, Benjamin David Cobb