Patents by Inventor Joyce E. Heckman

Joyce E. Heckman 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 placing a photo-cross-linking agent at specific internal sites within the sequence of synthetic strands of ribonucleic acids
    Patent number: 6124099
    Abstract: This invention describes novel photoactive ribonucleotides that contain photocrosslinking agents placed at specific internal positions within a ribonucleotide. The invention also provides methods for identifying novel, sequence-specific target molecules, using the photoactive ribonucleotides of the invention, as well as improved nucleic acid hybridization analysis methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Inventors: Joyce E. Heckman, Robert Pinard, John M. Burke