Patents by Inventor Dimitri Y. Proudnikov

Dimitri Y. Proudnikov 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 immobilizing nucleic acids on a gel substrate
    Patent number: 5981734
    Abstract: A method for labeling oligonucleotide molecules, and for immobilizing oligonucleotide and DNA molecules is provided comprising modifying the molecules to create a chemically active group, and contacting activated fluorescent dyes to the region. A method for preparing an immobilization substrate is also provided comprising modifying a gel to contain desired functional groups which covalently interact with certain moieties of the oligonucleotide molecules. A method for immobilizing biomolecules and other molecules within a gel by copolymerization of allyl-substituted oligonucleotides, DNA and proteins with acrylamide is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: University of Chicago
    Inventors: Andrei Darievich Mirzabekov, Dimitri Y. Proudnikov, Edward N. Timofeev, Svetlana V. Kochetkova, Vladimir L. Florentiev, Valentine V. Shick