Patents by Inventor Kerry Roche Lentine

Kerry Roche Lentine 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).

  • Serum-free growth medium for and methods for retention testing sterilizing grade filters
    Patent number: 8541224
    Abstract: A method for retention testing sterilizing grade filters comprises: a) providing a stock of Acholeplasma laidlawii; b) growing up the stock of A. laidlawii for about 24 hours or less in a single serum-free growth medium that supports cell growth to a high titer and yields a cellular morphology where the cells are small, deaggregated and spherical, thereby producing a bacterial culture; c) challenging a test filter by filtering the bacterial culture through the test filter at a known challenge level, thereby producing a filtrate downstream of the test filter; and d) detecting concentration of A. laidlawii in the filtrate. Serum-free growth media for cultivating or storing A. laidlawii are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Bates, Kerry Roche Lentine, Nada Bsat
  • Serum-free growth medium for and methods for retention testing sterilizing grade filters
    Patent number: 8361741
    Abstract: A method for retention testing sterilizing grade filters comprises: a) providing a stock of Acholeplasma laidlawii; b) growing up the stock of A. laidlawii for about 24 hours or less in a single serum-free growth medium that supports cell growth to a high titer and yields a cellular morphology where the cells are small, deaggregated and spherical, thereby producing a bacterial culture; c) challenging a test filter by filtering the bacterial culture through the test filter at a known challenge level, thereby producing a filtrate downstream of the test filter; and d) detecting concentration of A. laidlawii in the filtrate. Serum-free growth media for cultivating or storing A. laidlawii are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Bates, Kerry Roche Lentine, Nada Bsat
  • Serum-Free Growth Medium for Acholeplasma laidlawii and Methods for Retention Testing Sterilizing Grade Filters
    Publication number: 20100221771
    Abstract: A method for retention testing sterilizing grade filters comprises: a) providing a stock of Acholeplasma laidlawii; b) growing up the stock of A. laidlawii for about 24 hours or less in a single serum-free growth medium that supports cell growth to a high titer and yields a cellular morphology where the cells are small, deaggregated and spherical, thereby producing a bacterial culture; c) challenging a test filter by filtering the bacterial culture through the test filter at a known challenge level, thereby producing a filtrate downstream of the test filter; and d) detecting concentration of A. laidlawii in the filtrate. Serum-free growth media for cultivating or storing A. laidlawii are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Shawn Bates, Kerry Roche Lentine, Nada Bsat