Patents by Inventor Christine A. Burnett

Christine A. Burnett 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).

  • Molecular analysis of primary cells
    Publication number: 20090047656
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of propagating cells of interest obtained from a biological specimen by a) enriching the cells under conditions that maintain sufficient cell viability; and b) propagating the cells under conditions effective to allow cell viability, proliferation and integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Baden, Chang H. Choi, Dondapati Chowdary, Kathleen M. Curtin, Tatiana Vener, Haiying Wang, Christine A. Burnett, Abhijit Mazumder
  • Propagation of primary cells
    Publication number: 20080305473
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of propagating cells of interest obtained from a biological specimen by enriching the cells under conditions that maintain sufficient cell viability; and propagating the cells under conditions effective to allow cell viability, proliferation and integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Dondapati Chowdary, Joanne Skelton, Christine Burnett, Abhijit Mazumder
  • Plutonium assaying
    Patent number: 5629525
    Abstract: A method determining the plutonium content of a material containing fluorine involves obtaining the mass ratio of plutonium in a compound comprising plutonium and fluorine, particularly plutonium tetrafluoride, to the total plutonium content. The method utilises a high resolution gamma ray spectrometry technique to obtain a count rate in a pair of gamma ray photopeaks. One of the photopeaks has an energy level of 414 keV, resulting from the decay of plutonium-239, and the other photopeak has an energy level of 583 keV, resulting from the decay of an excited sodium-22 nucleus following an (alpha,n) interaction with fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels PLC
    Inventors: David J. Thornley, Christopher H. Orr, Christine A. Burnett