Patents by Inventor Miriam Barlow

Miriam Barlow 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).

  • HIGH-THROUGHPUT CELL ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20090081721
    Abstract: This invention provides high-through put methods and systems to identify and/or classify cells present in a sample. In one aspect, the method identifies the cell by determining the amount of thermal energy required to disrupt cell membranes. In another aspect, a method is for determining if an agent such as a drug will inhibit the growth of a cell by monitoring the amount of energy required to maintain a substantially constant temperature in a sample containing the cell grown in the presence of an agent or drug is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew P. Meyer, Miriam Barlow, Shawn Newsam
  • Method of identifying putative antibiotic resistance genes
    Patent number: 7125662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of identifying putative antibiotic resistance genes. According to one embodiment, this is carried out by first isolating a microbial DNA molecule or cDNA which encodes a putative antibiotic resistance protein or polypeptide and then determining whether the microbial DNA molecule or cDNA confers resistance against an antibiotic agent. According to another embodiment, this is carried out by first determining whether a microbial DNA molecule or cDNA confers resistance against an antibiotic agent when the microbial DNA molecule is expressed in its native cell following transformation of the cell and then isolating the microbial DNA molecule or cDNA which confers resistance against the antibiotic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Barry G. Hall, Miriam Barlow
  • Method of identifying putative antibiotic resistance genes
    Publication number: 20040197776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of identifying putative antibiotic resistance genes. According to one embodiment, this is carried out by first isolating a microbial DNA molecule or cDNA which encodes a putative antibiotic resistance protein or polypeptide and then determining whether the microbial DNA molecule or cDNA confers resistance against an antibiotic agent. According to another embodiment, this is carried out by first determining whether a microbial DNA molecule or cDNA confers resistance against an antibiotic agent when the microbial DNA molecule is expressed in its native cell following transformation of the cell and then isolating the microbial DNA molecule or cDNA which confers resistance against the antibiotic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Barry G. Hall, Miriam Barlow