Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Kearney

Kevin R. Kearney 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).

  • Patent number: 5759777
    Abstract: Novel reagents are provided along with methods for their use in nucleic acid hybridization assays for detecting target nucleic acids in samples. The most preferred reagent is a mixture of guanidinium thiocyanate and tetramethylammonium:Trifluoracetate and possesses many properties for facilitating hybridization between target nucleic acid and nucleic acid probes capable of binding thereto and surprisingly results in the phenomenon of superstoichiometric labeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Kearney, Mark L. Collins, John K. Eldredge, David V. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 5589335
    Abstract: Novel reagents are provided along with methods for their use in nucleic acid hybridization assays for detecting target nucleic acids in samples. The most preferred reagent is a mixture of guanidinium thiocyanate and tetramethylammonium:Trifluoracetate and possesses many properties for facilitating hybridization between target nucleic acid and nucleic acid probes capable of binding thereto and surprisingly results in the phenomenon of superstoichiometric labeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Kearney, Mark L. Collins, John K. Eldredge, David V. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 5374395
    Abstract: A dependable cost-effective clinical analyzer machine provides an efficient and easy-to-use diagnostics instrument and process to accurately, rapidly and automatically test and analyze samples in test packs for an analyte. In the clinical analyzer machine, remote-controlled trams transport test packs containing loading/unloading station to a processing/testing station via a carousel and vice versa. In the processing station, a special processor with mechanically-operated rollers mixing shoes, wastegate assembly, magnets, clamp plate and a thermal sealer, process samples in test packs with various reagents to detect an analyte. The carousel holds the test packs during incubation periods and rotates the tested disposable packs past an optical reader which optically senses the presence of an analyte in the sample. Bar code readers are provided to assist in identification of the test pack, patient and sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: David Robinson, Ernest Bate, Simon Kellard, Mark Watson, Donald E. Mahan, Thomas M. Shimei, Kevin R. Kearney
  • Patent number: D354141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Bate, Philip Missing, David Robinson, Donald E. Mahan, Kevin R. Kearney, Thomas M. Shimei
  • Patent number: D354220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Mahan, Kevin R. Kearney, Thomas M. Shimei, Ernest Bate, Philip Missing, David Robinson