Patents by Inventor A. Wayne Meikle

A. Wayne Meikle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10627401
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits associated with analyzing, enriching, and/or isolating a biomarker or analyte in a biological sample. In one aspect, for example, a method for determining a concentration of a biomarker in a biological sample can include binding any unbound biomarker with an antibody specific for the biomarker to form antibody-bound biomarker, enriching the antibody-bound biomarker and any endogenous autoantibody-bound biomarker to form an enriched fraction, identifying the biomarker in the enriched fraction, and determining the concentration of the biomarker in the biological sample. In one aspect, the concentration of the biomarker is derived from initially unbound biomarker and autoantibody-bound biomarker in the biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, A. Wayne Meikle
  • Publication number: 20190361040
    Abstract: Methods for measuring and analyzing parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) using LC-MS/MS, including applications of the methods thereof, are disclosed and discussed. Such methods can include, along with the use of an isotope-labeled internal standard, purifying PTHrP from a biological sample, proteolytically digesting the PTHrP, and measuring specific digestion products using the using LC-MS/MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, A. Wayne Meikle
  • Patent number: 10241119
    Abstract: Methods for measuring and analyzing parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) using LC-MS/MS, including applications of the methods thereof, are disclosed and discussed. Such methods can include, along with the use of an isotope-labeled internal standard, purifying PTHrP from a biological sample, proteolytically digesting the PTHrP, and measuring specific digestion products using the using LC-MS/MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, A. Wayne Meikle
  • Publication number: 20160327577
    Abstract: Methods for measuring and analyzing parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) using LC-MS/MS, including applications of the methods thereof, are disclosed and discussed. Such methods can include, along with the use of an isotope-labeled internal standard, purifying PTHrP from a biological sample, proteolytically digesting the PTHrP, and measuring specific digestion products using the using LC-MS/MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, A. Wayne Meikle
  • Publication number: 20160077092
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits associated with analyzing, enriching, and/or isolating a biomarker or analyte in a biological sample. In one aspect, for example, a method for determining a concentration of a biomarker in a biological sample can include binding any unbound biomarker with an antibody specific for the biomarker to form antibody-bound biomarker, enriching the antibody-bound biomarker and any endogenous autoantibody-bound biomarker to form an enriched fraction, identifying the biomarker in the enriched fraction, and determining the concentration of the biomarker in the biological sample. In one aspect, the concentration of the biomarker is derived from initially unbound biomarker and autoantibody-bound biomarker in the biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, A. Wayne Meikle
  • Patent number: 9140695
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits associated with analyzing, enriching, and/or isolating a biomarker or analyte in a biological sample. In one aspect, for example, a method for determining a concentration of a biomarker in a biological sample can include binding any unbound biomarker with an antibody specific for the biomarker to form antibody-bound biomarker, enriching the antibody-bound biomarker and any endogenous autoantibody-bound biomarker to form an enriched fraction, identifying the biomarker in the enriched fraction, and determining the concentration of the biomarker in the biological sample. In one aspect, the concentration of the biomarker is derived from initially unbound biomarker and autoantibody-bound biomarker in the biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, A. Wayne Meikle
  • Patent number: 8097431
    Abstract: The present invention provides for methods and systems for detecting steroids. Examples of such steroids include estrogen, progesterone, androgen, testosterone, and derivatives and analogs thereof. Systems useful for carrying out the method include tripartite constructs including a DNA-binding domain, a ligand binding domain, and an activation domain. The present invention provides numerous improvements over previous diagnostic systems for detection of steroids, such advantages include that the method allows for detection of steroid analogs and derivatives, whose structures may not yet be known, the method is generally applicable to a wide variety of organisms, and numerous ligand binding domains may be used in conjunction with the present system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: A. Wayne Meikle, David J. Stillman, Jared M. Orrock, Alan H. Terry, Tanya M. Sandrock
  • Publication number: 20090035754
    Abstract: The present invention provides for methods and systems for detecting steroids. Examples of such steroids include estrogen, progesterone, androgen, testosterone, and derivatives and analogs thereof. Systems useful for carrying out the method include tripartite constructs including a DNA-binding domain, a ligand binding domain, and an activation domain. The present invention provides numerous improvements over previous diagnostic systems for detection of steroids, such advantages include that the method allows for detection of steroid analogs and derivatives, whose structures may not yet be known, the method is generally applicable to a wide variety of organisms, and numerous ligand binding domains may be used in conjunction with the present system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: The University of Utah
    Inventors: A. Wayne Meikle, David J. Stillman, Alan H. Terry, Jared M. Orrock, Tanya M. Sandrock