Patents by Inventor Gary Hickey

Gary Hickey 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).

  • Reduction of non-specific binding in assays
    Patent number: 7488608
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample where one of the reagents for conducting the binding assay comprises a solid support comprising a polysaccharide. The method comprises including in an assay medium for conducting the binding assay a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The methods include as reagents a solid support comprising a polysaccharide and a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Teng, Jeffrey L. Moore, Alan R. Craig, Gary Hickey, Carsten Schelp, Tie Quan Wei
  • Reduction of Non-Specific Binding in Assays
    Publication number: 20070122850
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample where one of the reagents for conducting the binding assay comprises a solid support comprising a polysaccharide. The method comprises including in an assay medium for conducting the binding assay a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The methods include as reagents a solid support comprising a polysaccharide and a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: DADE BEHRING INC.
    Inventors: Zhu Teng, Jeffrey Moore, Alan Craig, Gary Hickey, Carsten Schelp, Tie Wei
  • Reduction of non-specific binding in assays
    Patent number: 7172906
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample where one of the reagents for conducting the binding assay comprises a solid support comprising a polysaccharide. The method comprises including in an assay medium for conducting the binding assay a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The methods include as reagents a solid support comprising a polysaccharide and a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Teng, Jeffrey L. Moore, Alan R. Craig, Gary Hickey, Carsten Schelp, Tie Quan Wei
  • Reduction of non-specific binding in assays
    Publication number: 20060105472
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample where one of the reagents for conducting the binding assay comprises a solid support comprising a polysaccharide. The method comprises including in an assay medium for conducting the binding assay a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The methods include as reagents a solid support comprising a polysaccharide and a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Zhu Teng, Jeffrey Moore, Alan Craig, Gary Hickey, Carsten Schelp, Tie Wei