Patents by Inventor Fjelda E. Martin

Fjelda E. Martin 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 of detecting microorganisms
    Patent number: 7303870
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for detecting, enumerating and/or identifying microorganisms in a sample. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for determining total microbial content in a sample by detecting the presence of nucleotide sequences associated with all or part of 16S rDNA or its corresponding 16S rRNA or its homologue, functional equivalent or derivative. The nucleotide sequences of the present invention may be used as an indicator of any microorganism and, hence, represents a universal target sequence which is indicative of total microbial content in a sample. The universal target sequence may also be varied to render same genus or species specific or the universal target used to trap microbial DNA or RNA which may be subsequently analyzed by sequence analysis or genetic probe technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: University of Sydney
    Inventors: Neil Hunter, Nicholas A. Jacques, Fjelda E. Martin, Mangala A. Nadkarni
  • Method of detecting microorganisms
    Publication number: 20040072242
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for detecting, enumerating and/or identifying microorganisms in a sample. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for determining total microbial content in a sample by detecting the presence of nucleotide sequences associated with all or part of 16S rDNA or its corresponding 16S rRNA or its homologue, functional equivalent or derivative. The nucleotide sequences of the present invention may be used as an indicator of any microorganism and, hence, represents a universal target sequence which is indicative of total microbial content in a sample. The universal target sequence may also be varied to render same genus or species specific or the universal target used to trap microbial DNA or RNA which may be subsequently analyzed by sequence analysis or genetic probe technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Neil Hunter, Nicholas A. Jacques, Fjelda E. Martin, Mangala A. Nadkarni