Patents by Inventor Mike Scurria

Mike Scurria 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).

  • Methods of measuring luminogenic activity with a protected coelenterazine
    Patent number: 7537912
    Abstract: A method of measuring the enzymatic activity of a luciferase includes contacting a luminogenic protein, such as a luciferase, with a protected luminophore to form a composition; and detecting light produced from the composition. The protected luminophore provides increased stability and improved signal-to-background ratios relative to the corresponding unmodified coelenterazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Promega Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Wood, Erika Hawkins, Mike Scurria, Dieter Klaubert
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO CO-LOCALIZE LUMINOPHORES WITH LUMINESCENT PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20080050760
    Abstract: A method of measuring the enzymatic activity of a luciferase includes contacting a luminogenic protein, such as a luciferase, with a protected luminophore to form a composition; and detecting light produced from the composition. The protected luminophore provides increased stability and improved signal-to-background ratios relative to the corresponding unmodified coelenterazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Keith Wood, Erika Hawkins, Mike Scurria, Dieter Klaubert
  • Compounds to co-localize luminophores with luminescent proteins
    Patent number: 7268229
    Abstract: A method of measuring the enzymatic activity of a luciferase includes contacting a luminogenic protein, such as a luciferase, with a protected luminophore to form a composition; and detecting light produced from the composition. The protected luminophore provides increased stability and improved signal-to-background ratios relative to the corresponding unmodified coelenterazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Promega Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Wood, Erika Hawkins, Mike Scurria, Dieter Klaubert
  • Compositions and methods to co-localize luminophores with luminescent proteins
    Publication number: 20030153090
    Abstract: A method of measuring the enzymatic activity of a luciferase includes contacting a luminogenic protein, such as a luciferase, with a protected luminophore to form a composition; and detecting light produced from the composition. The protected luminophore provides increased stability and improved signal-to-background ratios relative to the corresponding unmodified coelenterazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Keith Wood, Erika Hawkins, Mike Scurria, Dieter Klaubert