Patents by Inventor Chou-chou Kuo

Chou-chou Kuo 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).

  • Detection of a unique Chlamydia strain associated with acute respiratory disease
    Patent number: 5350673
    Abstract: Methods for detecting a unique strain of Chlamydia associated with acute respiratory disease are disclosed. These methods utilize monoclonal antibody directed against an antigenic determinant of the TWAR organism, or DNA probes capable of specifically hybridizing to at least a portion of the DNA sequence of the TWAR organism. A method for determining the presence of antibodies to the TWAR organism, utilizing elementary bodies of the TWAR organism as antigen is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Washington Research Foundation
    Inventors: Lee A. Campbell, Chou-chou Kuo, J. Thomas Grayston
  • Detection of a unique chlamydia strain associated with acute respiratory disease
    Patent number: 5281518
    Abstract: Methods for detecting a unique strain of Chlamydia associated with acute respiratory disease are disclosed. These methods utilize monoclonal antibody directed against an antigenic determinant of the TWAR organism, or DNA probes capable of specifically hybridizing to at least a portion of the DNA sequence of the TWAR organism. A method for determining the presence of antibodies to the TWAR organism, utilizing elementary bodies of the TWAR organism as antigen is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Washington Research Foundation
    Inventors: Lee A. Campbell, Chou-chou Kuo, Thomas Grayston