Patents by Inventor John Scott Lloyd

John Scott Lloyd 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 for detecting nucleic acid target sequences involving in vitro transcription from an RNA polymerase promoter
    Patent number: 7005261
    Abstract: Disclosed is a complex formed by a hybridization reaction comprising four nucleic acid molecules; the complex comprising a target nucleic acid molecule and first, second and third nucleic acid probe molecules; wherein the first probe comprises a foot region which is complementary to a first portion of the target and is hybridized thereto, and an arm region which is substantially non-complementary to the target; the second probe comprises a foot region which is complementary to a second portion of the target, such that the foot region of the second probe is hybridized to the target adjacent or substantially adjacent to the foot region of the first probe, the second probe also comprising an arm region which is substantially non-complementary to the target but which is complementary and hybridized to the arm region of the first probe; the third probe being complementary, at least in part, to a portion of the arm region of the first probe, such that third probe is hybridized to the arm region of the first probe a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: British Biocell International Limited
    Inventors: John Scott Lloyd, Anthony Weston, Donald Leonard Nicholas Cardy