Patents by Inventor Janice M. McCarty

Janice M. McCarty 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).

  • Probes for the specific detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella
    Patent number: 5084565
    Abstract: Nucleic acid probes capable of specifically hybridizing to rRNA of E. coli and Shigella species and not to rRNA of non-E. coli/Shigella are described along with methods utilizing such probes for the specific detection of E. coli and/or Shigella in food and other samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Gene-Trak Systems
    Inventors: Kyriaki Parodos, Hsien-Yeh Hsu, David Sobell, Janice M. McCarty, David J. Lane