Patents by Inventor James E. Awell

James E. Awell 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).

  • Detection of campylobacter
    Patent number: 5663049
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of using nucleic acid probes capable of specifically hybridizing to rRNA of Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. laridis and not to rRNA or rRNA genes of Pseudomonas aeuroginosa, E. coli or Salmonella typhimunium for the detection of Campylobacter in clinical, food and other samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Susan M. Barns, Ray A. McMillian, David J. Lane, Mark L. Collins, James E. Awell, Ayoub Rashtchian
  • Detection of campylobacter with nucleic acid probes
    Patent number: 5447848
    Abstract: Nucleic acid probes capable of specifically hybridizing to rRNA of Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. laridis and not to rRNA or rRNA genes of Pseudomonas aeuroginosa, E. coli or Salmonella typhimunium are described along with methods utilizing such probes for the detection of Campylobacter in clinical, food and other samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: AMOCO Corporation
    Inventors: Susan M. Barns, Ray A. McMillian, David J. Lane, Mark L. Collins, James E. Awell, Ayoub Rashtchian