Patents by Inventor Ekaterina Kovacheva

Ekaterina Kovacheva 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 and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms using free antibodies
    Patent number: 10233484
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detection of a microorganism of interest using an amplification assay. The methods and systems utilize the specificity of binding agents, such as antibodies, to rapidly detect low levels of a specific microorganism present in a sample. In certain embodiments, antibodies are bound to a large number of the available binding sites on a microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
    Inventors: Dwight Lyman Anderson, Ben Barrett Hopkins, Jose S. Gil, Stephen Erickson, Ekaterina Kovacheva
  • Methods and Systems for Rapid Detection of Microorganisms using Free Antibodies
    Publication number: 20150233918
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detection of a microorganism of interest using an amplification assay. The methods and systems utilize the specificity of binding agents, such as antibodies, to rapidly detect low levels of a specific microorganism present in a sample. In certain embodiments, antibodies are bound to a large number of the available binding sites on a microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
    Inventors: Dwight Lyman Anderson, Ben Barrett Hopkins, Jose S. Gil, Stephen Erickson, Ekaterina Kovacheva