Patents by Inventor Jon Wilkes
Jon Wilkes 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).
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Publication number: 20150275263Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for detecting microbes in a sample. The methods are generally applicable to quantifying the number of target bacteria in a sample counted from a detection region of a flow cytometer histogram. The detection methods can be employed in the presence of other microorganisms and other non-target microbe components to selectively quantify the amount of a target microbe. The methods are advantageous over those presently existing for testing of foodstuffs and diagnostic evaluation in their speed, accuracy and ease of use. Various swab collection devices and kits useful for practicing the present disclosure are also described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Vivione Biosciences, LLCInventors: Dan Buzatu, Jon Wilkes, Ted Moskal, Bill Nevius, Melinda Miller, Shawn Ramsaroop
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Publication number: 20150276573Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for detecting microbes in a sample. The methods are generally applicable to quantifying the number of target bacteria in a sample counted from a detection region of a flow cytometer histogram. The detection methods can be employed in the presence of other microorganisms and other non-target microbe components to selectively quantify the amount of a target microbe. The methods are advantageous over those presently existing for testing of foodstuffs and diagnostic evaluation in their speed, accuracy and ease of use. Various swab collection devices and kits useful for practicing the present disclosure are also described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Vivione Biosciences, LLCInventors: Dan Buzatu, Jon Wilkes, Ted Moskal, Bill Nevius, Melinda Miller, Shawn Ramsaroop
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Publication number: 20150275264Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for detecting microbes in a sample. The methods are generally applicable to quantifying the number of target bacteria in a sample counted from a detection region of a flow cytometer histogram. The detection methods can be employed in the presence of other microorganisms and other non-target microbe components to selectively quantify the amount of a target microbe. The methods are advantageous over those presently existing for testing of foodstuffs and diagnostic evaluation in their speed, accuracy and ease of use. Various swab collection devices and kits useful for practicing the present disclosure are also described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Vivione Biosciences, LLCInventors: Dan Buzatu, Jon Wilkes, Ted Moskal, Bill Nevius, Melinda Miller, Shawn Ramsaroop
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Publication number: 20070269814Abstract: A method of determining the presence and level of microorganisms and/or chemicals in samples taken from generally any non-laboratory substance or environment. The method preferably comprises one or a combination of the steps of (a) prescreening for threshold levels of targeted microorganisms and/or (b) confirming the presence of targeted microorganisms or chemicals by mass spectrometry fingerprint analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: LITMUS, L.L.C.Inventors: JON WILKES, DAN BUZATU, DWIGHT MILLER, DANIEL CURTIS, MARK DIGGS, RAJESH NAYAK, FATEMEH RAFII, JOHN SUTHERLAND, RANDAL TUCKER
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Publication number: 20070068933Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing nanostructures. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heating device that defines a reaction zone therein and a susceptor made of a ferromagnetic material with a Curie temperature and placed in the reaction zone, where the Curie temperature substantially corresponds to a temperature at which the growth of desired nanostructures occurs and the heating device is capable of heating the susceptor substantially at the Curie temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Jon Wilkes, Dan Buzatu, Dwight Miller, Alexandru Biris, Alexandru Biris, Dan Lupu, Jerry Darsey
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Publication number: 20060067939Abstract: The present invention provides a novel approach to cancer therapy and diagnostics that utilizes nanotubes and other similar nanostructures as both an indirect source of radiation therapy (BNCT), and as delivery vehicles for other types of radio- and chemo-therapeutic materials, as well as imaging agents for diagnostic purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicants: Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Dan Buzatu, Jon Wilkes, Dwight Miller, Jerry Darsey, Tom Heinze, Alex Biris, Richard Berger, Mark Diggs
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Publication number: 20060067941Abstract: The present invention provides a novel approach to cancer therapy and diagnostics that utilizes nanotubes and other similar nanostructures as both an indirect source of radiation therapy (BNCT), and as delivery vehicles for other types of radio- and chemo-therapeutic materials, as well as imaging agents for diagnostic purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicants: Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Dan Buzatu, Jon Wilkes, Dwight Miller, Jerry Darsey, Tom Heinze, Alex Biris, Richard Beger
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Publication number: 20050287297Abstract: An apparatus and methods for making nanostructures. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a process chamber having a reaction zone, a conductive susceptor with catalysts placed in the reaction zone, means for providing a time-dependent electromagnetic field in the reaction zone so as to induce a current in the conductive susceptor to generate a heat flow, and means for supplying a carbon-containing gas to the reaction zone under a set of conditions to interact with the catalysts to allow nanostructures to be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: Board of trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Alexandru Biris, Dan Lupu, Alexandru Biris, Jon Wilkes, Dan Buzatu, Dwight Miller, Jerry Darsey
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Publication number: 20050061967Abstract: A method for reproducibly analyzing mass spectra from different sample sources is provided. The method deconvolutes the complex spectra by collapsing multiple peaks of different molecular mass that originate from the same molecular fragment into a single peak. The differences in molecular mass are apparent differences caused by different charge states of the fragment and/or different metal ion adducts and/or reactant products of one or more of the charge states. The deconvoluted spectrum is compared to a library of mass spectra acquired from samples of known identity to unambiguously determine the identity of one or more components of the sample undergoing analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Applicant: The Gov't of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of Health & Human ServicesInventors: Alexandre Shvartsburg, Jon Wilkes, Paul Chiarelli, Ricky Holland, Dan Buzatu, Michael Beaudoin