Patents by Inventor Mohammad Atefi

Mohammad Atefi 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).

  • Patent number: 10539580
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for detecting the presence and/or amount of one or more analytes, including analytes such as drugs of abuse, are provided. The compositions include two or more analytes associated with a solid phase, e.g., a particle or a multiwell plate. The compositions and methods also allow the simultaneous, tandem, or serial determination of the presence and/or amount of two or more analytes of interest in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Psychemedics Corporation
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer
  • Patent number: 8435747
    Abstract: Methods that permit the rapid release of one or more analytes from head or body hair or other keratinized structures of an individual (who may previously have ingested one or more of the analytes) are provided. The methods can include contacting the keratinized structure with a reducing agent but not with a proteolytic agent. The methods can further include identification and quantification of the one or more analytes by known analytical techniques such as immunoassays. The described methods do not damage the analyte and do not cause harmful effects on a subsequently-used analyte detection probe (e.g., an antibody).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Psychemedics Corporation
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer
  • Patent number: 8329417
    Abstract: Methods that permit the rapid release of one or more analytes from head or body hair or other keratinized structures of an individual (who may previously have ingested one or more of the analytes) are provided. The methods can include contacting the keratinized structure with a reducing agent but not with a proteolytic agent. The methods can further include identification and quantification of the one or more analytes by known analytical techniques such as immunoassays. The described methods do not damage the analyte and do not cause harmful effects on a subsequently-used analyte detection probe (e.g., an antibody).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Psychemedics Corporation
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20120094309
    Abstract: Methods that permit the rapid release of one or more analytes from head or body hair or other keratinized structures of an individual (who may previously have ingested one or more of the analytes) are provided. The methods can include contacting the keratinized structure with a reducing agent but not with a proteolytic agent. The methods can further include identification and quantification of the one or more analytes by known analytical techniques such as immunoassays. The described methods do not damage the analyte and do not cause harmful effects on a subsequently-used analyte detection probe (e.g., an antibody).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer
  • Patent number: 8084215
    Abstract: Methods that permit the rapid release of one or more analytes from head or body hair or other keratinized structures of an individual (who may previously have ingested one or more of the analytes) are provided. The methods can include contacting the keratinized structure with a reducing agent but not with a proteolytic agent. The methods can further include identification and quantification of the one or more analytes by known analytical techniques such as immunoassays. The described methods do not damage the analyte and do not cause harmful effects on a subsequently-used analyte detection probe (e.g., an antibody).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Psychemedics Corporation
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20110118138
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for detecting the presence and/or amount of one or more analytes, including analytes such as drugs of abuse, are provided. The compositions include two or more analytes associated with a solid phase, e.g., a particle or a multiwell plate. The compositions and methods also allow the simultaneous, tandem, or serial determination of the presence and/or amount of two or more analytes of interest in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20110104714
    Abstract: Methods that permit the rapid release of one or more analytes from head or body hair or other keratinized structures of an individual (who may previously have ingested one or more of the analytes) are provided. The methods can include contacting the keratinized structure with a reducing agent but not with a proteolytic agent. The methods can further include identification and quantification of the one or more analytes by known analytical techniques such as immunoassays. The described methods do not damage the analyte and do not cause harmful effects on a subsequently-used analyte detection probe (e.g., an antibody).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Virginia Hill, Mohammad Atefi, Michael I. Schaffer