Patents by Inventor Barbara Weiss

Barbara 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).

  • Stand convertible to a table or decorative container
    Publication number: 20030070590
    Abstract: A stand with a planar table top and an opening therethrough is provided. A plurality of leg members extend below the table top. The stand also includes a removable table top disposed within the opening such that the upper surface of the table top insert is generally planar with the upper surface of the table top. To convert the stand to a decorative container, the table top insert is removed and a container is lowered through the opening until it is positioned where the table top insert was located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffry Weiss, Barbara Weiss
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae-specific oligonucleotides
    Patent number: 6090557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oligonucleotides which hybridize specifically to the cytosine DNA methyltransferase gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and distinguish the cytosine DNA methyltransferase gene of N. gonorrhoeae from highly homologous sequences which have been discovered in some strains of other species of the genus Neisseria. The oligonucleotides are useful as primers for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a nucleic acid sequence from the cytosine DNA methyltransferase gene of N. gonorrhoeae and in N. gonorrhoeae amplification/detection assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Judith Barbara Weiss
  • Sindbis virus vectors
    Patent number: 5091309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNA vectors comprising Sindbis virus DI RNA having inserted therein heterologous RNA. The vectors of the present invention provide for the cloning and expression of heterologous RNA in eucaryotic cells as well as the packaging of heterologous RNA into viral particles in the presence of helper virus. Transformed cells and genetically altered alphavirus particles comprising alphavirus DI RNA having inserted therein heterologous RNA are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Sondra Schlesinger, Henry V. Huang, Robin Levis, Barbara Weiss, Manuel Tsiang