Patents by Inventor PAULA LAMPTON

PAULA LAMPTON 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).

  • Compositions and methods for detecting huanglongbing
    Patent number: 10100370
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and methods for detecting Huanglongbing (HLB) in citrus trees and insects. In one aspect, the invention provides a method of detecting a Huanglongbing (HLB) infection in a citrus grove involving obtaining an extract from a biological sample derived from a citrus grove, contacting the extract with forward and reverse primers that specifically bind a Candidutus nucleic acid molecule in the presence of a nicking enzyme, dNTPs, and a polymerase under conditions permissive for the isothermal amplification of the nucleic acid molecule; and detecting a Candidutus amplicon in the extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ENVIROLOGIX INC.
    Inventors: Breck Parker, Susan Tapley, Paula Lampton
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HUANGLONGBING
    Publication number: 20170114394
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and methods for detecting Huanglongbing (HLB) in citrus trees and insects. In one aspect, the invention provides a method of detecting a Huanglongbing (HLB) infection in a citrus grove involving obtaining an extract from a biological sample derived from a citrus grove, contacting the extract with forward and reverse primers that specifically bind a Candidutus nucleic acid molecule in the presence of a nicking enzyme, dNTPs, and a polymerase under conditions permissive for the isothermal amplification of the nucleic acid molecule; and detecting a Candidutus amplicon in the extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: ENVIROLOGIX INC.
    Inventors: BRECK PARKER, SUSAN TAPLEY, PAULA LAMPTON