Patents by Inventor David Miles Cahill

David Miles Cahill 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 motile fungal zoospores in a sample
    Patent number: 5817472
    Abstract: A method for detecting motile organisms, particularly zoospores of Phytophthora cinnamomi in a sample comprises contacting the sample with a solid support in a medium in which the organisms are motile, the solid support being, or being treated with, a chemotactic and/or electrotactic attractant for the organisms, and subsequently detecting organisms attracted to the solid support by immunoassay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: The Australian National University
    Inventors: Adrienne Ruth Hardham, David Miles Cahill