Patents by Inventor Michael Ullery

Michael Ullery 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 and system for detection of microbial growth in a specimen container
    Patent number: 10475527
    Abstract: A method for determining whether microbial growth is occurring within a specimen container includes steps of incubating the specimen container and obtaining a series of measurement data points while the specimen container is incubated and storing the data points in a machine-readable memory. The series of measurement data points represent a growth curve of microbial growth within the specimen container. The methods determine a positive condition of microbial growth within the container from the measurement data points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Ullery
  • Identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent using taxonomic hierarchical classification
    Patent number: 10184144
    Abstract: A method for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample includes a step of analytical test data (e.g., obtaining intrinsic fluorescence values over a range of emission wavelengths) from the microbial agent. The analytical test data is transformed thereby minimizing strain to strain variations within an organism group. With the aid of a programmed computer, a multi-level classification algorithm coded as a set of processing instructions operates on the transformed analytic test data. The multiple levels correspond to different levels in a taxonomic hierarchy for microbial agents suspected of being in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ullery, Erin Mathias, Jones M. Hyman, John D. Walsh
  • IDENTIFICATION AND/OR CHARACTERIZATION OF A MICROBIAL AGENT USING TAXONOMIC HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION
    Publication number: 20140134670
    Abstract: A method for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample includes a step of analytical test data (e.g., obtaining intrinsic fluorescence values over a range of emission wavelengths) from the microbial agent. The analytical test data is transformed thereby minimizing strain to strain variations within an organism group. With the aid of a programmed computer, a multi-level classification algorithm coded as a set of processing instructions operates on the transformed analytic test data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BIOMERIEUX, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ullery, Erin Mathias, Jones M. Hyman, John D. Walsh
  • Identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent using taxonomic hierarchical classification
    Patent number: 8666673
    Abstract: A method for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample includes a step of analytical test data (e.g., obtaining intrinsic fluorescence values over a range of emission wavelengths) from the microbial agent. The analytical test data is transformed thereby minimizing strain to strain variations within an organism group. With the aid of a programmed computer, a multi-level classification algorithm coded as a set of processing instructions operates on the transformed analytic test data. The multiple levels correspond to different levels in a taxonomic hierarchy for microbial agents suspected of being in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Biomerieux, Inc
    Inventors: Michael Ullery, Erin Mathias, Jones M. Hyman, John D. Walsh
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF MICROBIAL GROWTH IN A SPECIMEN CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20130252271
    Abstract: A method for determining whether microbial growth is occurring within a specimen container includes steps of incubating the specimen container and obtaining a series of measurement data points while the specimen container is incubated and storing the data points in a machine-readable memory. The series of measurement data points represent a growth curve of microbial growth within the specimen container. The methods determine a positive condition of microbial growth within the container from the measurement data points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BIOMERIEUX, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Ullery
  • Identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent using taxonomic hierarchical classification
    Publication number: 20110281291
    Abstract: A method for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample includes a step of analytical test data (e.g., obtaining intrinsic fluorescence values over a range of emission wavelengths) from the microbial agent. The analytical test data is transformed thereby minimizing strain to strain variations within an organism group. With the aid of a programmed computer, a multi-level classification algorithm coded as a set of processing instructions operates on the transformed analytic test data. The multiple levels correspond to different levels in a taxonomic hierarchy for microbial agents suspected of being in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ullery, Erin Mathias, Jones M. Hyman, John D. Walsh