Patents by Inventor Charles R. Sanders

Charles R. Sanders 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: 11965212
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for detection of a nucleic acid target in a sample. The methods and compositions use primer directed amplification in conjunction with nucleic acid fragmentation. The methods have high sensitivity even in the presence of a large amount of non-target nucleic acid. Also provided are oligonucleotides and kits useful in the method. Exemplary nucleic acid targets are those with mutant gene sequence such as mutant sequence of the EGFR, APC, TMPRSS2, ERG and ETV1 genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventors: Heather R. Sanders, Kevin Z. Qu, Charles M. Strom, Richard A. Bender
  • Publication number: 20240085429
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, including automated methods, for identifying a compound that impacts a characteristic of a lipid raft phase domain, a characteristic of a non-raft phase domain, and/or a characteristic of one or more membrane proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Anne Kathleen Kenworthy, Nico Fricke, Ajit Tiwari, Charles R. Sanders, Krishnan Raghunathan, Hui Huang, Ricardo F. Capone, Joshua A. Bauer, Katherine M. Stefanski
  • Patent number: 4765842
    Abstract: Ticket cleaner apparatus is described which is adapted to remove a coating from the surface of a game ticket to reveal or expose characters on the ticket. The apparatus includes: (a) a housing which includes an opening to receive the ticket; (b) a rotatable cleaning element supported within the housing; (c) positioning means adapted to position the ticket within the housing so that the coating on the ticket is in contact with the cleaning element; and (d) power means which is adapted to rotate the cleaning element while in contact with the coating on the ticket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Inventors: Charles R. Sanders, James L. Sattler