Patents by Inventor Joanne Voisey

Joanne Voisey 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).

  • DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND AGENTS
    Publication number: 20090075827
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and agents for profiling or stratifying an individual or group of individuals with respect to a neurological, psychiatric or psychological condition, phenotype or state, including a sub-threshold neurological, psychiatric or psychological condition, phenotype or state. More particularly, the present invention utilizes genetic means to profile or stratify individuals with respect to a neurological, psychiatric or psychological condition, phenotype or state. The present invention enables the identification of individuals at risk of these disorders thus affording the opportunity for early intervention. In addition, the subject invention allows the prediction of drug or other treatment response and adverse reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ross Young, Bruce Lawford, C. Phillip Morris, Joanne Voisey, Ian Hughes, Christopher Dean Swagell
  • Methods of forming circular nucleic acid probes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7358047
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes and, more particularly, to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes by rolling circle amplification. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications involving the detection of nucleic acid sequences such as, but not limited to, the identification of genetic disorders, genetic variants or the presence of microbiological or viral agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: QIAGEN GmbH
    Inventors: Gregory John Hafner, Philip Morrison Giffard, Lindsay Colin Wolter, James Langham Dale, Mark Richard Stafford, Ilin Chen Hai-Ni Yang, Joanne Voisey
  • Method of amplification
    Publication number: 20050079523
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes and, more particularly, to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes by rolling circle amplification. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications involving the detection of nucleic acid sequences such as, but not limited to, the identification of genetic disorders, genetic variants or the presence of microbiological or viral agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Gregory Hafner, Philip Giffard, Lindsay Wolter, James Dale, Mark Stafford, Ilin Yang, Joanne Voisey
  • Method of amplification
    Patent number: 6830884
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes and, more particularly, to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes by rolling circle amplification. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications involving the detection of nucleic acid sequences such as, but not limited to, the identification of genetic disorders, genetic variants or the presence of microbiological or viral agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Molecular Staging Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory John Hafner, Philip Morrison Giffard, Lindsay Colin Wolter, James Langham Dale, Mark Richard Stafford, Ilin Chen Hai-Ni Yang, Joanne Voisey
  • Method
    Publication number: 20030039964
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for detecting a nucleic acid molecule having a particular nucleotide sequence. Such a nucleic acid molecule is generally referred to as the “target” sequence or molecule. The method of the present invention generally comprises the use of competitive priming of pre- or post-amplified nucleic acid molecules. The nucleic acid molecules subjected to such primer interrogation are generally immobilized to a solid support by hybridization of a target molecule to a primer anchored to a solid phase. Amplimer-mediated bridging of a particular primer, -labelled or unlabelled, is then used to detect the presence of a primer having a selected sequence. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications including inter alia diagnosis, nucleotide sequencing and the screening for nucleic acid-modifying molecules such as carcinogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Philip Morrison Giffard, Charles P. Morris, Joanne Voisey, Gregory Coia, David Scott Hammond, Veronica Brockhurst