Patents by Inventor AUSTEN CLOUSE THOMAS

AUSTEN CLOUSE THOMAS 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).

  • SELF-PRESERVING BIODEGRADABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DNA FILTER
    Publication number: 20230211294
    Abstract: An inline filter housing with a biodegradable, hydrophilic material that operates in conjunction with a field sampling apparatus to both concentrate field sampled environmental DNA particles from water samples and to automatically preserve the captured DNA via desiccation, thus avoiding filter membrane transfer steps, chemicals or cold storage preservation requirements. The hydrophilic filter housing is capable of rapidly preserving the field sampled environmental DNA captured on the filter membrane at ambient field temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: AUSTEN CLOUSE THOMAS, Jesse Andrew Howard
  • Self-preserving biodegradable environmental DNA filter
    Patent number: 11471837
    Abstract: An inline filter housing with a biodegradable, hydrophilic material that operates in conjunction with a field sampling apparatus to both concentrate field sampled environmental DNA particles from water samples and to automatically preserve the captured DNA via desiccation, thus avoiding filter membrane transfer steps, chemicals or cold storage preservation requirements. The hydrophilic filter housing is capable of rapidly preserving the field sampled environmental DNA captured on the filter membrane at ambient field temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Smith-Root, Inc.
    Inventors: Austen Clouse Thomas, Jesse Andrew Howard
  • SELF-PRESERVING BIODEGRADABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DNA FILTER
    Publication number: 20200246755
    Abstract: An inline filter housing with a biodegradable, hydrophilic material that operates in conjunction with a field sampling apparatus to both concentrate field sampled environmental DNA particles from water samples and to automatically preserve the captured DNA via desiccation, thus avoiding filter membrane transfer steps, chemicals or cold storage preservation requirements. The hydrophilic filter housing is capable of rapidly preserving the field sampled environmental DNA captured on the filter membrane at ambient field temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Smith-Root, Inc.
    Inventors: AUSTEN CLOUSE THOMAS, JESSE ANDREW HOWARD