Patents by Inventor Neil E. Rickey

Neil E. Rickey 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).

  • Escherichia coli (e.coli) test method
    Patent number: 4923804
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method which is specific to determining and is capable of enumerating Escherichia coli (E. coli) in a sample water or sewage specimen. The method comprises adding to a cultured specimen a chromogenic reagent which when subjected to in situ E. coli .beta.-glucuronidase activity produces clearly defined vivid colorization of any individual colonies derived from E. coli cells in the test specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Arthur N. Ley, Neil E. Rickey, Michael J. Taylor