Patents by Inventor Patricia A. Maroney

Patricia A. Maroney 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).

  • Method for detecting small oligonucleotides
    Patent number: 8232049
    Abstract: A method for detecting small oligonucleotides includes providing a biological isolate containing at least one small oligonucleotide. The biological isolate may be contacted with at least one detection oligonucleotide having a label moiety and at least one bridge oligonucleotide under conditions such that the at least one small oligonucleotide and the at least one detection oligonucleotide are preferentially added to the bridge oligonucleotide to produce at least one labeled small oligonucleotide. At least one ligating reagent may be added to preferentially join the at least one small oligonucleotide and the at least one detection oligonucleotide. The at least one labeled small oligonucleotide may then be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Timothy W. Nilsen, Patricia A. Maroney, Sangpen Chamnongpol