Patents by Inventor Ilkka Hemmilä

Ilkka Hemmilä 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).

  • Transporter assay
    Publication number: 20110117571
    Abstract: This invention concerns a non-radioactive homogenous proximity assay for cellular transport system. The assay format disclosed here takes advantageous of the fact that ABC transporters have two similar ATP binding sites, and thus allowing two ATP molecules to bind simultaneously to these adjacent sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: WALLAC OY
    Inventors: Heini Frang, Jari Hovinen, Veli-Matti Mukkala, Pertti Hurskainen, Ilkka Hemmilä
  • Dissociative fluorescence enhancement assay
    Patent number: 7381567
    Abstract: The invention relates to an enhancement solution for an assay technology using lanthanide ions or their chelates as labels and dissociative fluorescence enhancement as a tool for detection, wherein said enhancement solution comprises a ?-diketone of formula I wherein R1 is an aryl, optionally mono- or multi-substituted, and R2 is a straight or branched alkyl chain with 2 to 9 carbon atoms substituted with four or more fluorine atoms. The invention further relates to a bioaffinity assay using lanthanide ions or their chelates as labels and dissociative fluorescence enhancement as a tool for detection comprising the use of said enhancement solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Wallac Oy
    Inventors: Ilkka Hemmilä, Kaj Blomberg, Veli-Matti Mukkala, Harri Hakala