Patents by Inventor Dorothy M. Maron

Dorothy M. Maron 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 system for mutagens that identifies mutagenic changes
    Patent number: 5869258
    Abstract: Six sets of Salmonella typhimurium strains are provided, all strains having low spontaneous mutation rates, and each set being sensitive to and diagnostic of one of the six possible base substitutions in DNA. Also provided are methods for making and using these S. typhimurium strains to detect, and establish the type of specific base substitution mutation induced by, mutagenic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Pauline Gee, Dorothy M. Maron, Bruce N. Ames
  • Detection system for mutagens that also identifies mutagenic changes
    Patent number: 5681737
    Abstract: Six sets of Salmonella typhimurium strains are provided, all strains having low spontaneous mutation rates, and each set being sensitive to and diagnostic of one of the six possible base substitutions in DNA. Also provided are methods for making and using these S. typhimurium strains to detect, and establish the type of specific base substitution mutation induced by, mutagenic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Pauline Gee, Dorothy M. Maron, Bruce N. Ames