Patents by Inventor Brigitte F. Schmidt

Brigitte F. Schmidt 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: 9995679
    Abstract: Biosensor comprising an activatable acceptor fluorogen linked via a linker to a donor which transfers energy to the fluorogen on detecting an analyte wherein the fluorogen component reacts and a 100 fold increase in intensity results when the fluorogen interacts non-covalently with an activator e.g. fluorogen activator peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Alan Waggoner, Marcel P. Bruchez, Brigitte F. Schmidt, Subhasish K. Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 9688743
    Abstract: Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or structures within a cell. The biosensors may provide a signal when the biosensor is targeted and/or in response to a property of the cell or organism such as membrane potential, ion concentration or enzyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Brigitte F. Schmidt, Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi, Alan S. Waggoner, Peter B. Berget, Marcel P. Bruchez, Jonathan W. Jarvik
  • Patent number: 9249306
    Abstract: The present invention presents designs for high extinction quenched “dyedrons” that can be activated by conversion of a single acceptor/quencher in the molecular assembly to a fluorescent state. The quencher is activated by noncovalent binding to a unique complementary expressible fluorogen activating peptide (FAP). In this way, the quencher serves as the homogeneous switch, receiving energy efficiently from each of the donor molecules of the dendronic antenna, and releasing it as fluorescence only when activated by binding. The sum of the extinction of the multiple dyes on the antenna will provide dramatic enhancements in the effective brightness of the probe in standard imaging systems. This approach provides a set of probes with exceptional brightness, specifically targeted to an expressed tag that activates the fluorescence of the dyedron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Marcel P. Bruchez, Lauren A. Ernst, James Fitzpatrick, Chris Szent-Gyorgyi, Brigitte F. Schmidt, Alan Waggoner
  • Publication number: 20140193830
    Abstract: Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or structures within a cell. The biosensors may provide a signal when the biosensor is targeted and/or in response to a property of the cell or organism such as membrane potential, ion concentration or enzyme activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Brigitte F. Schmidt, Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi, Alan S. Waggoner, Peter B. Berget, Marcel P. Bruchez, Jonathan W. Jarvik
  • Patent number: 8664364
    Abstract: Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or structures within a cell. The biosensors may provide a signal when the biosensor is targeted and/or in response to a property of the cell or organism such as membrane potential, ion concentration or enzyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Brigitte F. Schmidt, Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi, Alan S. Waggoner, Peter B. Berget, Marcel P. Bruchez, Jonathan W. Jarvik
  • Publication number: 20130244891
    Abstract: Biosensor comprising an activatable acceptor fluorogen linked via a linker to a donor which transfers energy to the fluorogen on detecting an analyte wherein the fluorogen component reacts and a 100 fold increase in intensity results when the fluorogen interacts non-covalently with an activator e.g. fluorogen activator peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alan Waggoner, Marcel P. Bruchez, Brigitte F. Schmidt, Subhasish K. Chakraborty
  • Publication number: 20120058494
    Abstract: The present invention presents designs for high extinction quenched “dyedrons” that can be activated by conversion of a single acceptor/quencher in the molecular assembly to a fluorescent state. The quencher is activated by noncovalent binding to a unique complementary expressible fluorogen activating peptide (FAP). In this way, the quencher serves as the homogeneous switch, receiving energy efficiently from each of the donor molecules of the dendronic antenna, and releasing it as fluorescence only when activated by binding. The sum of the extinction of the multiple dyes on the antenna will provide dramatic enhancements in the effective brightness of the probe in standard imaging systems. This approach provides a set of probes with exceptional brightness, specifically targeted to an expressed tag that activates the fluorescence of the dyedron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marcel P. Bruchez, Lauren A. Ernst, James Fitzpatrick, Chris Szent-Gyorgyi, Brigitte F. Schmidt, Alan Waggoner
  • Publication number: 20110159519
    Abstract: Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or structures within a cell. The biosensors may provide a signal when the biosensor is targeted and/or in response to a property of the cell or organism such as membrane potential, ion concentration or enzyme activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Brigitte F. Schmidt, Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi, Alan S. Waggoner, Peter B. Berget, Marcel P. Bruchez, Johathan W. Jarvik