Patents by Inventor Linda Louise Blackall

Linda Louise Blackall 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).

  • Probes and primers for the detection of polyphosphate accumulating organisms in wastewater
    Publication number: 20030170654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of polyphosphate accumulating organisms that are capable of biologically removing phosphorus from wastewater. Specifically, the invention provides oligonucleotide probes or primers for detecting a polyphosphate accumulating organism in a sample. These oligonucleotides have a sequence of at least 12 nucleotides that is unique to 16S rDNA of polyphosphate accumulating organisms. The invention further provides methods for detecting polyphospbate accumulating organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Crocetti, Gene William Tyson, Philip Hugerholtz, Linda Louise Blackall
  • Method for the detection of aquatic nitrite oxidizing microorganisms of the genus nitrospira
    Patent number: 6221594
    Abstract: The invention relates to the nitrification of wastewater and identification of microorganisms capable of participating in this process. Specifically, the invention provides a consortium of microorganisms capable of nitrite oxidation in wastewater, which consortium is enriched in members of the Nitrospira phylum. The invention also provides oligonucleotide primers and probes for the amplification or detection of Nitrospira DNA, kits comprising the primers and probes, and methods of detection and quantitating Nitrospira species in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control Limited
    Inventors: Paul Christopher Burrell, Linda Louise Blackall, Jurg Keller