Patents by Inventor Glenn McGall

Glenn McGall 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).

  • Process for synthesizing chemical compounds
    Patent number: 5658734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for synthesizing on a single substrate a plurality of chemical compounds having diverse structures. The process involves the use of a bilayer photoresist to build up selected regions of the array in a step wise fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Joe Brock, William Dinan Hinsberg, Jeffrey William Labadie, Glenn McGall, Gregory Michael Wallraff
  • Printing molecular library arrays using deprotection agents solely in the vapor phase
    Patent number: 5599695
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively applying a print material onto a substrate for the synthesis of an array of oligonucleotides at selected regions of a substrate. The print material includes a barrier material, a monomer sequence, a nucleoside, a deprotection agent, a carrier material, among other materials. The method and apparatus also relies upon standard DMT based chemistry, and a vapor phase deprotection agent such as solid TCA and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Fabian Pease, Glenn McGall, Martin J. Goldberg, Richard P. Rava, Stephen P. A. Fodor, Virginia Goss, Lubert Stryer, James L. Winkler