Patents Examined by Amanda Haney
  • Method for typing HLA alleles
    Patent number: 8426129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the typing of HLA alleles. The sequence of exon 2 and exon 3 of the alleles HLA-B*3913, HLA-B*1406 and HLA-B*51new and of exon 2 of the alleles HLA-DRB1*0820, HLA-DRB1*04new and HLA-DRB4*01new are disclosed. The present invention relates to methods for typing of the alleles HLA-B*3913, HLA-B*1406 and HLA-B*51new. The present invention further provides primers and probes to be used in the methods for typing. A diagnostic kit comprising these primers and probes is also part of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Innogenetics N.V.
    Inventors: Ilse De Canck, Guy Mersch, Rudi Rossau
  • Multiplex branched-chain DNA assays
    Patent number: 8426578
    Abstract: Methods of detecting two or more nucleic acids in a multiplex branched-chain DNA assay are provided. Different nucleic acids are captured through cooperative hybridization events on different, identifiable subsets of particles or at different selected positions on a spatially addressable solid support. Compositions, kits, and systems related to the methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuling Luo, Wen Yang
  • Method for rapid identification of microorganisms
    Patent number: 8420320
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to probes, methods, and kits used to determine the presence or absence of a microorganism in a sample. The probes, methods, and kits comprise at least one capture probe and/or at least one detector probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Tobin J. Hellyer, James Nadeau, Jianrong Lou
  • Mutations in human UBIAD1
    Patent number: 8334369
    Abstract: The invention relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides which encode UBIAD1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Genome Atlantic
    Inventors: Mark Elliot Samuels, Duane Guernsey, Marie-Pierre Dube, Andrew C. Orr