Patents by Inventor Iwona Beech

Iwona Beech 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).

  • Method and apparatus for sampling macromolecules from a biological specimen
    Patent number: 9850479
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for laser ablation sampling, electrophoretic extraction from the laser plume, electrophoretic transport to a container, and capture of macromolecules of interest. In certain embodiments, when macromolecules of interest are nucleic acid, the apparatus and methods further provides for nucleic acid amplification and detection in a rapid mobile platform for environmental and clinical identification of pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Jan Sunner, Iwona Beech, Matthew Kowalski, Kathleen Duncan, Joseph Suflita
  • Method and Apparatus for Sampling Macromolecules from a Biological Specimen
    Publication number: 20160257949
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for laser ablation sampling, electrophoretic extraction from the laser plume, electrophoretic transport to a container, and capture of macromolecules of interest. In certain embodiments, when macromolecules of interest are nucleic acid, the apparatus and methods further provides for nucleic acid amplification and detection in a rapid mobile platform for environmental and clinical identification of pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jan Sunner, Iwona Beech, Matthew Kowalski, Kathleen Duncan, Joseph Suflita