Patents by Inventor Robert James Shopes

Robert James Shopes 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).

  • Thermal cycler including a temperature gradient block
    Patent number: 6962821
    Abstract: A method in which a temperature gradient is generated across a “gradient” block, and an apparatus comprising a block across which a temperature gradient can be generated. By setting up such a gradient, multiple reaction mixtures held in wells on the gradient block can be simultaneously run at temperatures which differ only slightly, thereby permitting an optimum temperature for the reaction to be quickly identified. In a preferred embodiment the gradient block is integrated into a thermal cycler used for nucleic acid amplification reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Stratagene California
    Inventors: John Lewis Danssaert, Robert James Shopes, Daniel Davis Shoemaker
  • Thermal cycler including a temperature gradient block
    Publication number: 20030157563
    Abstract: A method in which a temperature gradient is generated across a “gradient” block, and an apparatus comprising a block across which a temperature gradient can be generated. By setting up such a gradient, multiple reaction mixtures held in wells on the gradient block can be simultaneously run at temperatures which differ only slightly, thereby permitting an optimum temperature for the reaction to be quickly identified. In a preferred embodiment the gradient block is integrated into a thermal cycler used for nucleic acid amplification reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Strategene
    Inventors: John Lewis Danssaert, Robert James Shopes, Daniel Davis Shoemaker
  • Thermal cycler including a temperature gradient block
    Publication number: 20020127660
    Abstract: A method in which a temperature gradient is generated across a “gradient” block, and an apparatus comprising a block across which a temperature gradient can be generated. By setting up such a gradient, multiple reaction mixtures held in wells on the gradient block can be simultaneously run at temperatures which differ only slightly, thereby permitting an optimum temperature for the reaction to be quickly identified. In a preferred embodiment the gradient block is integrated into a thermal cycler used for nucleic acid amplification reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Stratagene
    Inventors: John Lewis Danssaert, Robert James Shopes, Daniel Davis Shoemaker
  • Thermal cycler including a temperature gradient block
    Patent number: 6054263
    Abstract: A method in which a temperature gradient is generated across a "gradient" block, and an apparatus comprising a block across which a temperature gradient can be generated. By setting up such a gradient, multiple reaction mixtures held in wells on the gradient block can be simultaneously run at temperatures which differ only slightly, thereby permitting an optimum temperature for the reaction to be quickly identified. In a preferred embodiment the gradient block is integrated into a thermal cycler used for nucleic acid amplification reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Stratagene
    Inventors: John Lewis Danssaert, Robert James Shopes, Daniel Davis Shoemaker
  • Thermal cycler including a temperature gradient block
    Patent number: 5779981
    Abstract: A method in which a temperature gradient is generated across a "gradient" block, and an apparatus comprising a block across which a temperature gradient can be generated. By setting up such a gradient, multiple reaction mixtures held in wells on the gradient block can be simultaneously run at temperatures which differ only slightly, thereby permitting an optimum temperature for the reaction to be quickly identified. In a preferred embodiment the gradient block is integrated into a thermal cycler used for nucleic acid amplification reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Stratagene
    Inventors: John Lewis Danssaert, Robert James Shopes, Daniel Davis Shoemaker