Patents by Inventor Elaine S. Mansfield

Elaine S. Mansfield 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).

  • Patent number: 7741038
    Abstract: Methods are provided for evaluating a subject for graft survival, e.g., in terms of predicting graft survival, identifying the presence of a deleterious graft condition, such as CAN and DT, identifying the severity and class of acute rejection, etc, in a subject are provided. In practicing the subject methods, the expression of at least one gene in a sample from the subject, e.g., a blood or biopsy sample, is assayed, e.g., at the nucleic acid and/or protein level, to evaluate the subject. Also provided are compositions, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Minnie M. Sarwal, Elaine S. Mansfield
  • Patent number: 6533912
    Abstract: The apparatus and method of the present invention disclose a system in which multiple injections may be made into a capillary array. The injections are spaced in time with each injection followed by an interval of electrophoresis. Once all samples are loaded into the capillaries, continuous electrophoresis and detection is used to separate and detect target compounds within the sample. The interval between injections is matched to the target compound migration rate to be sufficient to allow the target compounds to be detectably separated when the compounds reach the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Molecular Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine S. Mansfield, Christine Peponnet, John S. Bashkin, Curtis R. Kautzer
  • Publication number: 20010053554
    Abstract: The apparatus and method of the present invention disclose a system in which multiple injections may be made into a capillary array. The injections are spaced in time with each injection followed by an interval of electrophoresis. Once all samples are loaded into the capillaries, continuous electrophoresis and detection is used to separate and detect target compounds within the sample. The interval between injections is matched to the target compound migration rate to be sufficient to allow the target compounds to be detectably separated when the compounds reach the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Elaine S. Mansfield, Christine Peponnet, John S. Bashkin, Curtis R. Kautrzer
  • Patent number: 6156178
    Abstract: The apparatus and method of the present invention disclose a system in which multiple injections may be made into a capillary array. The injections are spaced in time with each injection followed by an interval of electrophoresis. Once all samples are loaded into the capillaries, continuous electrophoresis and detection is used to separate and detect target compounds within the sample. The interval between injections is matched to the target compound migration rate to be sufficient to allow the target compounds to be detectably separated when the compounds reach the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Molecular Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine S. Mansfield, Christine Peponnet, John S. Bashkin, Curtis R. Kautzer
  • Patent number: 6019896
    Abstract: A method for performing separation assays of biochemical samples includes computing a quality metric based on peak data produced during the separation run. The quality metric is the basis for selecting a subsequent step in the assay, including whether to re-run the separation when the quality metric indicates a low quality separation run. In a preferred embodiment, the quality metric is computed based on a peak resolution metric indicative of the peak resolution of the sample peaks in the data and a signal-to-noise ratio of the data. When a co-migrating standard is included in the separation run, the quality metric is further based on the degree of migration linearity of the reference peaks produced by the standard. The method was reduced to practice in separations to size and sort DNA fragments in high-throughput capillary array electrophoresis separations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Molecular Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine S. Mansfield, Lian-She Zhao, Marina Vainer, Curtis R. Kautzer
  • Patent number: 5994057
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining aneuploidy of selected chromosomes. An important feature of the invention is the quantitative amplification of STR markers with repeat units of at least 3 nucleotides. The amplified STR DNA is separated by size and the respective quantities of the amplified components are determined and related to chromosome copy number. The highly polymorphic nature of the STR markers permits a more sensitive and reliable quantitative analysis of the amplified DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventor: Elaine S. Mansfield
  • Patent number: RE46843
    Abstract: Methods are provided for evaluating a subject for graft survival, e.g., in terms of predicting graft survival, identifying the presence of a deleterious graft condition, such as CAN and DT, identifying the severity and class of acute rejection, etc, in a subject are provided. In practicing the subject methods, the expression of at least one gene in a sample from the subject, e.g., a blood or biopsy sample, is assayed, e.g., at the nucleic acid and/or protein level, to evaluate the subject. Also provided are compositions, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Minnie M. Sarwal, Elaine S. Mansfield
  • Patent number: RE47057
    Abstract: Methods are provided for evaluating a subject for graft survival, e.g., in terms of predicting graft survival, identifying the presence of a deleterious graft condition, such as CAN and DT, identifying the severity and class of acute rejection, etc, in a subject are provided. In practicing the subject methods, the expression of at least one gene in a sample from the subject, e.g., a blood or biopsy sample, is assayed, e.g., at the nucleic acid and/or protein level, to evaluate the subject. Also provided are compositions, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Minnie M. Sarwal, Elaine S. Mansfield