Patents by Inventor Dawn M. Schmidt

Dawn M. Schmidt 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).

  • Methods for characterizing enzyme inhibitors
    Patent number: 7897330
    Abstract: Methods for characterizing a biochemical reaction and analysis of reaction products by establishing continuously variable concentration gradients of one or more reagents of the biochemical reaction are provided. Methods for determining mechanism of inhibition or activation, potency of inhibition or activation, or both of an enzyme inhibitor or activator, respectively, are also provided. The continuously variable concentration gradients can be established in a microfluidic chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: AB Sciex, LLC
    Inventors: Mehul Patel, Dawn M. Schmidt, Sara H. Thrall, David G. Tew
  • MICROFLUIDIC METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FLUID MIXING AND VALVING
    Publication number: 20090145485
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus and method for delivering one or more fluids to a microfluidic channel is provided. A microfluidic channel is provided in communication with a first conduit for delivering fluids to the microfluidic channel. Further, the apparatus and method can include a first fluid freeze valve connected to the first conduit and operable to reduce the temperature of the first conduit for freezing fluid in the first conduit such that fluid is prevented from advancing through the first conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: EKSIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Fenton Smith, Dawn M. Schmidt, Sara Thrall, David G. Tew, Gregory A. Votaw, Hugh C. Crenshaw, Michael G. Pollack, Christopher David Bevan, Kelly Junge, Mehul Patel
  • METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20090148858
    Abstract: Methods for characterizing a biochemical reaction and analysis of reaction products by establishing continuously variable concentration gradients of one or more reagents of the biochemical reaction are provided. Methods for determining mechanism of inhibition or activation, potency of inhibition or activation, or both of an enzyme inhibitor or activator, respectively, are also provided. The continuously variable concentration gradients can be established in a microfluidic chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: EKSIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mehul Patel, Dawn M. Schmidt, Sara H. Thrall, David G. Tew