Patents by Inventor Helen Braven

Helen Braven 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: 10094800
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of probing for a nucleic acid comprising: contacting a nucleic acid solution with an oligonucleotide probe labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions at which the probe is able to at least partially hybridize with any complementary target sequence which may be present in the nucleic acid solution, selectively degrading either hybridized, partially hybridized or unhybridized nucleic acid probe, and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker. The invention further provides novel molecules with use in methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Atlas Genetics Limited
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay
  • Publication number: 20160077041
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of probing for a nucleic acid comprising: contacting a nucleic acid solution with an oligonucleotide probe labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions at which the probe is able to at least partially hybridise with any complementary target sequence which may be present in the nucleic acid solution, selectively degrading either hybridised, partially hybridised or unhybridised nucleic acid probe, and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker. The invention further provides novel molecules with use in methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay
  • Publication number: 20160025703
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of probing for a nucleic acid comprising: contacting a nucleic acid solution with an oligonucleotide probe labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions at which the probe is able to at least partially hybridise with any complementary target sequence which may be present in the nucleic acid solution, selectively degrading either hybridised, partially hybridised or unhybridised nucleic acid probe, and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker. The invention further provides novel molecules with use in methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay
  • Patent number: 9127308
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of probing for a nucleic acid comprising: contacting a nucleic acid solution with an oligonucleotide probe labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions at which the probe is able to at least partially hybridize with any complementary target sequence which may be present in the nucleic acid solution, selectively degrading either hybridized, partially hybridized or unhybridized nucleic acid probe, and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker. The invention further provides novel molecules with use in methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Atlas Genetics Limited
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay
  • Publication number: 20150159203
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of probing for a nucleic acid comprising: contacting a nucleic acid solution with an oligonucleotide probe labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions at which the probe is able to at least partially hybridise with any complementary target sequence which may be present in the nucleic acid solution, selectively degrading either hybridised, partially hybridised or unhybridised nucleic acid probe, and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker. The invention further provides novel molecules with use in methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay
  • Publication number: 20100320093
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compounds for detecting protease activity in a sample solution comprising contacting the sample solution with a protease substrate labeled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions under which any protease which may be present in the sample may degrade the protease substrate and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay, Stephen Flower
  • Patent number: 7803572
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compounds for detecting protease activity in a sample solution comprising contacting the sample solution with a protease substrate labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions under which any protease which may be present in the sample may degrade the protease substrate and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Atlas Genetics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay, Stephen Flower
  • Publication number: 20060240503
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compounds for detecting protease activity in a sample solution comprising contacting the sample solution with a protease substrate labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions under which any protease which may be present in the sample may degrade the protease substrate and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay, Stephen Flower
  • Publication number: 20050221315
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of probing for a nucleic acid comprising: contacting a nucleic acid solution with an oligonucleotide probe labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions at which the probe is able to at least partially hybridise with any complementary target sequence which may be present in the nucleic acid solution, selectively degrading either hybridised, partially hybridised or unhybridised nucleic acid probe, and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker. The invention further provides novel molecules with use in methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Helen Braven, Russell Keay