Patents by Inventor Jacques Oscar Everard Niles

Jacques Oscar Everard Niles 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).

  • Composition And Method For Stabilizing And Maintaining The Viability Of Hardy Microorganisms
    Publication number: 20230416671
    Abstract: The present application is to provide a composition and method for stabilizing and maintaining the viability of hardy microorganisms from sample collection to downstream analysis. In particular, there is a method for preserving viable hardy bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, Bacillus anthracis, or Clostridium difficile, in a biological sample, comprising contacting the biological sample with a stabilization composition, wherein the stabilization composition comprises a chelating agent, a denaturing, a salt and has a p H between about 6 and about 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: H. Chaim Birnboim, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Bitapi Ray, Jacques Oscar Everard Niles, Olle Maarten de Bruin
  • Composition and method for stabilizing and maintaining the viability of hardy microorganisms
    Patent number: 11753616
    Abstract: The present application is to provide a composition and method for stabilizing and maintaining the viability of hardy microorganisms from sample collection to downstream analysis. In particular, there is a method for preserving viable hardy bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, Bacillus anthracis, or Clostridium difficile, in a biological sample, comprising contacting the biological sample with a stabilization composition, wherein the stabilization composition comprises a chelating agent, a denaturing, a salt and has a pH between about 6 and about 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DNA Genotek, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Chaim Birnboim, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Bitapi Ray, Jacques Oscar Everard Niles, Olle Maarten de Bruin
  • Composition And Method For Stabilizing And Maintaining The Viability Of Hardy Microorganisms
    Publication number: 20170226469
    Abstract: The present application is to provide a composition and method for stabilizing and maintaining the viability of hardy microorganisms from sample collection to downstream analysis. In particular, there is a method for preserving viable hardy bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, Bacillus anthracis, or Clostridium difficile, in a biological sample, comprising contacting the biological sample with a stabilization composition, wherein the stabilization composition comprises a chelating agent, a denaturing, a salt and has a pH between about 6 and about 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: H. Chaim Birnboim, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Bitapi Ray, Jacques Oscar Everard Niles, Olle Maarten de Bruin