Patents by Inventor Egil Olsen

Egil Olsen 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).

  • Method and kit for analyte detection employing gold-sol bound antibodies
    Patent number: 5616467
    Abstract: A method for the qualitative or quantitative determination of an analyte in a test sample wherein a labelled reagent is caused to be immobilized in bound form on a solid phase to provide an indication of the presence or quantity of the analyte in the sample is disclosed and is characterized in that the labelled reagent comprises a gold sol bound to a substance capable of specifically binding to said analyte or to a specific binding partner therefor, at least 75% by weight of the gold particles of the gold sol having a mean diameter of less than 5 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Nycomed AS
    Inventors: Egil Olsen, .O slashed.rjan Olsvik
  • Gold sol of less than 5 nm test method and reagent kit therefor
    Patent number: 5556756
    Abstract: A method for the qualitative or quantitative determination of an analyte in a test sample wherein a labelled reagent is caused to be immobilized in bound form on a solid phase to provide an indication of the presence or quantity of the analyte in the same is disclosed and is characterized in that the labelled reagent comprises a gold sol bound to a substance capable of specifically binding to said analyte or to a specific binding partner therefor, at least 75% by weight of the gold particles of the gold sol having a mean diameter of less than 5 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: NYCOMED AS
    Inventors: Egil Olsen, .O slashed.rjan Olsvik