Patents by Inventor Charlene Elinor Bush

Charlene Elinor Bush 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).

  • Lanthanide chelate conjugated oligonucleotides
    Patent number: 5955601
    Abstract: Rare earth chelate-conjugated oligonucleotides useful in nucleic acid hybridization assays and for generating chelate-labelled probes of any desired sequence are disclosed. The particular class of chelates utilized exhibit an unusually high efficiency of rare earth element capture, correlated with emission of a high level of signal in time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy compared to other structurally related chelate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: E G & G Wallac
    Inventors: David Gordon Sherman, Charlene Elinor Bush, Laura Ann Beninsig, Kurt Mathew VandenBrink