Patents by Inventor Kathleen D. Eisenach

Kathleen D. Eisenach 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).

  • Repetitive DNA sequence specific for mycobacterium tuberculosis to be used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
    Patent number: 5370998
    Abstract: A novel composition and/or methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis wherein the composition comprises a repetitive DNA segment that is specific for members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The DNA segment repeats in the chromosome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and is conserved in all copies of the chromosomes. A method comprises using an entire repetitive DNA sequence, or any part thereof, as a hybridization probe for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical material. In another method, a smaller portion of an entire repetitive DNA sequence is amplified using polymerase chain reaction, yielding a 123 base-pair product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Jack T. Crawford, Kathleen D. Eisenach, M. Donald Cave, Joseph H. Bates
  • Repetitive DNA sequence specific for mycobacterium tuberculosis to be used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
    Patent number: 5183737
    Abstract: A novel composition and/or methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis wherein the composition comprises a repetitive DNA segment that is specific for members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The DNA segment repeats in the chromosome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and is conserved in all copies of the chromosomes. A method comprises using an entire repetitive DNA sequence, or any part thereof, as a hybridization probe for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical material. In another method, a smaller portion of an entire repetitive DNA sequence is amplified using polymerase chain reaction, yielding a 123 base-pair product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Jack T. Crawford, Kathleen D. Eisenach, M. Donald Cave, Joseph H. Bates
  • Repetitive DNA sequence specific for mycobacterium tuberculosis to be used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
    Patent number: 5168039
    Abstract: A novel composition and/or methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis wherein the composition comprises a repetitive DNA segment that is specific for members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The DNA segment repeats in the chromosome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and is conserved in all copies of the chromosomes. A method comprises using an entire repetitive DNA sequence, or any part thereof, as a hybridization probe for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical material. In another method, a smaller portion of an entire repetitive DNA sequence is amplified using polymerase chain reaction, yielding a 123 base-pair product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Jack T. Crawford, Kathleen D. Eisenach, M. Donald Cave, Joseph H. Bates