Patents by Inventor Alan H. Terry

Alan H. Terry 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).

  • Methods and compositions for detecting steroids
    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
  • Methods and compositions for detecting steroids
    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