Patents by Inventor Nanette Klimkow

Nanette Klimkow 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).

  • Reduction of false positives in oral-fluid based immunoassays
    Patent number: 5871905
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use and composition of materials which, when added to oral fluid samples, make such samples suitable for use with microparticle-based immunoassays. In one embodiment, this invention provides a method of reducing false positives in assays for the detection of an analyte in an oral fluid sample. The method involves providing an oral fluid sample combined with a bile acid or salt where the bile acid or salt is present in a concentration sufficient to reduce the rate of occurrence of false positives in said oral fluid based immunoassays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Epitope, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Thieme, Nanette Klimkow
  • Oral sample collection method
    Patent number: 5573009
    Abstract: A device for obtaining oral fluid containing substances for testing. In one embodiment, the device includes a syringe having a plunger at the end of which an absorbent pad is attached. A test assembly containing the device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Epitope, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Thieme, Andrew Goldstein, Stephen Piacentini, Nanette Klimkow