Patents by Inventor Linda McDougal

Linda McDougal 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).

  • METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR SUBTYPING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CLONAL COMPLEX 8 STRAINS
    Publication number: 20230295743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of detecting Staphylococcus aureus in a subject, by contacting a sample obtained from the subject with at least one detectably labeled probe of the invention or detecting in the sample identity to a sequence of the invention. The invention is also directed to kits, microarrays and detectable Staphylococcus aureus polynucleotide probes useful in detecting the presence of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Elizabeth Driebe, Jolene Bowers, David Engelthaler, Paul Keim, Brandi Limbago, James K. Rasheed, Linda McDougal, Valerie S. Albrecht
  • Methods and assays for subtyping clonal complex 8 strains
    Patent number: 11572591
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of detecting Staphylococcus aureus in a subject, by contacting a sample obtained from the subject with at least one detectably labeled probe of the invention or detecting in the sample identity to a sequence of the invention. The invention is also directed to kits, microarrays and detectable Staphylococcus aureus polynucleotide probes useful in detecting the presence of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Northern Arizona University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Inventors: Elizabeth Driebe, Jolene Bowers, David Engelthaler, Paul Keim, Brandi Limbago, James K. Rasheed, Linda McDougal, Valerie S. Albrecht
  • METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR SUBTYPING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CLONAL COMPLEX 8 STRAINS
    Publication number: 20200165663
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of detecting Staphylococcus aureus in a subject, by contacting a sample obtained from the subject with at least one detectably labeled probe of the invention or detecting in the sample identity to a sequence of the invention. The invention is also directed to kits, microarrays and detectable Staphylococcus aureus polynucleotide probes useful in detecting the presence of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Elizabeth Driebe, Jolene Bowers, David Engelthaler, Paul Keim, Brandi Limbago, James K. Rasheed, Linda McDougal, Valerie S. Albrecht