Patents by Inventor Gregory Pritham

Gregory Pritham 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).

  • Simultaneous screening and identification of sequence alterations from amplified target
    Patent number: 6753141
    Abstract: Methods for identifying and locating alterations in a nucleic acid having a known sequence are provided. The methods involve measuring the melting temperature of probe nucleic acids hybridized to a target nucleic acid. The methods take advantage of the differential dissociation temperatures of a probe from a target resulting from mismatches at different locations along the region of the target to which the probe hybridizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: The University of Utah
    Inventors: Philip S. Bernard, Carl T. Wittwer, Gregory Pritham
  • Simultaneous screening and identification of sequence alterations from amplified target
    Publication number: 20020142300
    Abstract: Methods for identifying and locating alterations in a nucleic acid having a known sequence are provided. The methods involve measuring the melting temperature of probe nucleic acids hybridized to a target nucleic acid. The methods take advantage of the differential dissociation temperatures of a probe from a target resulting from mismatches at different locations along the region of the target to which the probe hybridizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Philip S. Bernard, Carl T. Wittwer, Gregory Pritham
  • Solution-based color compensation adjusted for temperature and electronic gains
    Patent number: 6197520
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of analyzing at least two analytes at the same time using at least two fluorescent detecting entities. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of fluorescently labeled hybridization probes to identify the genotypes of a nucleic acid sample at more than one locus by measuring fluorescence throughout a range of temperatures and correcting for temperature-dependent spectral overlap of the fluorescent probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Carl T. Wittwer, Gregory Pritham, Philip Bernard