Patents by Inventor Mark Jeffrey Hickey

Mark Jeffrey Hickey 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).

  • Mycobacterial reporter strains and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5679515
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of quantifying bacteria in vivo or in vitro using bacterial reporter strains. In particular this invention provides a method utilizing mycobacterial reporter strains that permits rapid screening for in vivo antimycobacterial activity of various compositions. In addition this invention provides for particular mycobacterial reporter strains expressing the FFlux gene at levels sufficiently high to allow detection in tissue homogenates without lysis or concentration of the bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: PathoGenesis Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Kendall Stover, Mark Jeffrey Hickey