Patents by Inventor Carlos Eduardo Lopez-Nieto

Carlos Eduardo Lopez-Nieto 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).

  • Processes, apparatus and compositions for characterizing nucleotide sequences based on K-tuple analysis
    Patent number: 6110667
    Abstract: A sample containing nucleotide sequences is characterized or "fingerprinted" by contacting it, or portions thereof, with of plurality of primer pairs; detecting nucleotide regions delineated by subsequences hydridized with each primer pair; determining a physical characteristic of each such detected region; and indexing such physical characteristics as a function of the primer pair that hydridized to the delineating subsequences of the corresponding region. An apparatus for fingerprinting a sample containing nucleotide sequences includes functionality for carrying out such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Lopez-Nieto, Sanjay Kumar Nigam