Patents by Inventor Menno Huizinga

Menno Huizinga 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).

  • Method of binding antigens to insoluble polymeric substances
    Patent number: 4279787
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of binding antigenically active materials to the surface of water insoluble, hydrophobic polymeric substances which comprises pretreating the water-insoluble hydrophobic polymeric substance with an aldehyde of the formula, OHC--X--CHO, wherein X may be --CH.sub.2).sub.n, wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 10; cycloalkyl, for example, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl; monocyclic aryl, for example, phenyl, and thereafter contacting the thus treated polymeric material with the purified antigenically active material to be bound thereto. The final products of this invention are employable as diagnostic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Tetra Consultants Inc.
    Inventor: Menno Huizinga