Patents Assigned to The Secretary of State for the Home Department c/o The Forensic Science Service
  • Methods for setting up, monitoring and performing analysis using capillary gel arrays
    Patent number: 7885770
    Abstract: Set up methods, analysis methods and monitoring methods for capillary gel arrays are provided which rigorously determine the number of capillaries for which standards should be used and/or the capillaries in which standards should not be considered and/or for which performance is impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for the Home Department c/o The Forensic Science Service
    Inventors: Peter Gill, Peter Koumi, Kam Tsang
  • ANALYSIS OF DNA SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20080286782
    Abstract: The invention provides an improved method for obtaining information about DNA analysis of samples of uncertain origin by establishing the likelihood that they arose in certain manners compared with other possible manners. In this way all of the analysis information is taken into account and likelihood ratios are provided to express the results. The invention is particularly useful in analysing small DNA samples or DNA samples where the contribution from one or more sources is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: The Secretary of State for the Home Department, c/o The Forensic Science Service
    Inventors: Peter David Gill, Jonathon Paul Whitaker, John Simon Buckleton