Patents by Inventor Michael Prince Okoh

Michael Prince Okoh 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).

  • Inorganic phosphate assays
    Patent number: 8188225
    Abstract: Binding of inorganic phosphate to a phosphate binding protein can result in changes to the stacking of appropriately positioned chromophores, thereby resulting in a detectable change. The invention provides a phosphate-binding protein that undergoes a conformational change from an initial conformation to a final conformation upon binding of phosphate, wherein the protein carries a first label and a second label, and wherein the first and second labels are arranged such that they exhibit molecular stacking that is perturbed on changing from one conformation to the other. Preferred labels are rhodamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Medical Research Council
    Inventors: John Edgar Thomas Corrie, Martin Ronald Webb, Michael Prince Okoh
  • Inorganic phosphate assays
    Publication number: 20100022017
    Abstract: Binding of inorganic phosphate to a phosphate binding protein can result in changes to the stacking of appropriately positioned chromophores, thereby resulting in a detectable change. The invention provides a phosphate-binding protein that undergoes a conformational change from an initial conformation to a final conformation upon binding of phosphate, wherein the protein carries a first label and a second label, and wherein the first and second labels are arranged such that they exhibit molecular stacking that is perturbed on changing from one conformation to the other. Preferred labels are rhodamines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: John Edgar Thomas Corrie, Martin Ronald Webb, Michael Prince Okoh