Patents by Inventor Phil Gafken

Phil Gafken 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).

  • Detection and identification of peptide and protein modifications
    Publication number: 20060134714
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide devices and methods for detecting, identifying, distinguishing, and quantifying modification states of proteins and peptides using Surface Enhanced Raman (SERS) and Raman spectroscopy. Applications of embodiments of the present invention include, for example, proteome wide modification profiling and analyses with applications in disease diagnosis, prognosis and drug efficacy studies, enzymatic activity profiling and assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Narayan Sundararajan, Lei Sun, Xing Su, Mineo Yamakawa, Zhang Jingwu, Selena Chan, Andrew Berlin, Tae-Woong Koo, Mark Roth, Phil Gafken
  • Detection and identification of nucleic acid, peptide, and protein modifications
    Publication number: 20060009914
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide devices and methods for detecting, identifying, distinguishing, and quantifying modifications to nucleic acids, proteins, and peptides using SERS and Raman spectroscopy. Applications of embodiments of the present invention include proteome wide modification profiling and analyses with applications in disease diagnosis, prognosis and drug efficacy studies, enzymatic activity profiling and assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Narayan Sundararajan, Lei Sun, Xing Su, Mineo Yamakawa, Zhang Jingwu, Selena Chan, Andrew Berlin, Tae-Woong Koo, Mark Roth, Phil Gafken