Patents by Inventor Kerri Ball

Kerri Ball 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).

  • Microfluidic Devices And Methods For Cellular Thermal Shift Assays
    Publication number: 20190358630
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermal shift assays implemented to uncover ligand protein binding interactions in whole cells or cell extracts. In particular embodiments, the invention provides improved methods and devices for performing thermal shift assays for determining both drug targets and drug mechanism of action. For example, the invention performs thermal shift assays in microfluidic devices and determines ligand-protein binding by relative protein abundance measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: William Old, Michael H. Stowell, Yung-Cheng Lee, Douglas A. Chapnick, Tristan D. McClure-Begley, Xuedong Liu, Kerri Ball, Biddut Bhattacharjee