Patents by Inventor Don Saba

Don Saba 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).

  • Coumarin derivatives for use as nucleotide crosslinking reagents
    Patent number: 5082934
    Abstract: A photoactivatible nucleoside analogue is disclosed, comprising a coumarin moiety linked through its phenyl ring to the 1-position of a ribose or deoxyribose sugar moiety. The resulting nucleoside analogue is typically used as a photocrosslinking group when inserted into a polynucleotide as a replacement for one or more of the complementary nucleoside bases present in a probe used in a hybridization assay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Naxcor
    Inventors: Don Saba, Richard S. Glass, Kenichi K. Yabusaki