Patents by Inventor Damon Getman

Damon Getman 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HEPATITIS B VIRUS
    Publication number: 20080081328
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for detecting viral nucleic acids. Targets that can be detected in accordance with the invention include HBV and/or HIV-1 and/or HCV nucleic acids. Particularly described are oligonucleotides that are useful as hybridization probes and amplification primers that facilitate detection of very low levels of HBV nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeffrey LINNEN, Daniel KOLK, Janel DOCKTER, Damon GETMAN, Tadashi YOSHIMURA, Martha HO-SING-LOY, Reinhold POLLNER, Leslie STRINGFELLOW
  • Compositions and assays to detect influenza virus A and B nucleic acids
    Publication number: 20060257860
    Abstract: Methods for detecting influenza virus A and influenza virus B nucleic acids in biological samples by using in vitro amplification and detection are disclosed. Compositions that are target-specific nucleic acid sequences and kits comprising target-specific nucleic acid oligomers for amplifying in vitro influenza virus A or influenza virus B nucleic acid and detecting amplified nucleic acid sequences are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Elizabeth Marlowe, Paul Darby, Damon Getman, Sylvia Norman, Reinhold Pollner
  • Compositions and methods for determining the presence of SARS coronavirus in a sample
    Publication number: 20060134609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oligonucleotides useful for determining the presence of SARS coronavirus in a test sample. The oligonucleotides of the present invention may be incorporated into detection probes, capture probes and amplification oligonucleotides, or used in various combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Linnen, Daniel Kacian, Norman Nelson, Damon Getman, Sangeetha Vijaysri