Patents by Inventor Alison A. Weiss

Alison A. Weiss 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 of detecting influenza virus
    Patent number: 10408836
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of detecting the presence of influenza virus in a sample while minimizing false positives due to presence of one or more other pathogens in the sample, the method including measuring the enzymatic activity of neuraminidase (NA) in the sample under one or more differentiating conditions selected from the group consisting of pH, binding to anti-NanA antibody, size exclusion, hemagglutinin (HA) binding, chemical inhibition, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: University of Cincinnati, MicrobeCapture, LLC
    Inventors: Alison A. Weiss, Karen Melissa Gallegos Villalobos, David Ralph
  • Methods of Detecting Influenza Virus
    Publication number: 20170016899
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of detecting the presence of influenza virus in a sample while minimizing false positives due to presence of one or more other pathogens in the sample, the method including measuring the enzymatic activity of neuraminidase (NA) in the sample under one or more differentiating conditions selected from the group consisting of pH, binding to anti-NanA antibody, size exclusion, hemagglutinin (HA) binding, chemical inhibition, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Alison A. Weiss, Karen Melissa Gallegos Villalobos, David Ralph
  • Methods of detecting influenza virus
    Patent number: 9487816
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of detecting the presence of influenza virus in a sample while minimizing false positives due to presence of one or more other pathogens in the sample, the method including measuring the enzymatic activity of neuraminidase (NA) in the sample under one or more differentiating conditions selected from the group consisting of pH, binding to anti-NanA antibody, size exclusion, hemagglutinin (HA) binding, chemical inhibition, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Alison A. Weiss, Karen Melissa Gallegos Villalobos
  • Methods of Detecting Influenza Virus
    Publication number: 20140272942
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of detecting the presence of influenza virus in a sample while minimizing false positives due to presence of one or more other pathogens in the sample, the method including measuring the enzymatic activity of neuraminidase (NA) in the sample under one or more differentiating conditions selected from the group consisting of pH, binding to anti-NanA antibody, size exclusion, hemagglutinin (HA) binding, chemical inhibition, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: MICROBECAPTURE, LLC, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
    Inventors: Alison A. Weiss, Karen Melissa Gallegos Villalobos, David Ralph