Patents by Inventor Michael Garth Riggs

Michael Garth Riggs 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).

  • Purified DNA polymerase from bacillus stearothermophilus ATCC 12980
    Patent number: 6100078
    Abstract: Composition and methods for the expression of recombinant DNA polymerase enzymes derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus. The present invention also concerns methods for purifying recombinant Bst DNA polymerase enzymes compositions containing the purified enzymes in a form suitable for conducting biochemical reactions, and methods for using the purified enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Garth Riggs, Mathoor Sivaram, Starla Dianne Tudor
  • Purified DNA polymerase from Bacillus stearothermophilus
    Patent number: 6066483
    Abstract: Composition and methods for the expression of recombinant DNA polymerase enzymes derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus. The present invention also concerns methods for purifying recombinant Bst DNA polymerase enzymes, compositions containing the purified enzymes in a form suitable for conducting biochemical reactions, and methods for using the purified enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Garth Riggs, Mathoor Sivaram, Starla Dianne Tudor
  • Highly-purified recombinant reverse transcriptase
    Patent number: 5998195
    Abstract: A plasmid for expression of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus-derived reverse transcriptase in E. coli cells deficient in the expression of indiginous RNAse activity, a method for purification of the recombinant enzyme, and a composition comprising a cloned and purified reverse transcriptase opimized for use in cDNA and nucleic acid amplification procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Louis Kacian, Michael Garth Riggs, James Garfield Putnam
  • Highly-purified recombinant reverse transcriptase
    Patent number: 5935833
    Abstract: A plasmid for expression of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus-derived reverse transcriptase in E. coli cells deficient in the expression of indiginous RNAse activity, a method for purification of the recombinant enzyme, and a composition comprising a cloned and purified reverse transcriptase opimized for use in cDNA and nucleic acid amplification procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Louis Kacian, Michael Garth Riggs, James Putnam
  • Purified DNA polymerase from Bacillus stearothermophilus ATTC 12980
    Patent number: 5874282
    Abstract: Composition and methods for the expression of recombinant DNA polymerase enzymes derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus. The present invention also concerns methods for purifying recombinant Bst DNA polymerase enzymes, compositions containing the purified enzymes in a form suitable for conducting biochemical reactions, and methods for using the purified enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Garth Riggs, Mathoor Sivaram, Starla Dianne Tudor