Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Graham
Ronald J. Graham 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).
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Publication number: 20120220751Abstract: Bis-diazo, triaryl and aryldiazo-N-arylphenazonium quencher moieties, substituted with electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents which induce polarity in the delocalized aryl/diazo ring systems, are useful as labels when attached to biomolecules such as polynucleotides, nucleosides, nucleotides and polypeptides. The quencher moieties are non-fluorescent and accept energy transfer from fluorescent reporter labels by any energy-transfer mechanism, such as FRET. Fluorescence quencher compositions are useful in preparing quencher labeled biomolecules for various molecular biology assays based on fluorescence detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory J. Ewing, Deborah Kay Fieri, Khairuzzaman Bashar Mullah, Ronald J. Graham
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Publication number: 20110250699Abstract: The present teachings generally relate to fluorescent dyes, linkable forms of fluorescent dyes, energy transfer dyes, reagents labeled with fluorescent dyes and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald J. Graham, Ruiming Zou, Krishna G. Upadhya, Scott C. Benson
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Publication number: 20110245462Abstract: Bis-diazo, triaryl and aryldiazo-N-arylphenazonium quencher moieties, substituted with electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents which induce polarity in the delocalized aryl/diazo ring systems, are useful as labels when attached to biomolecules such as polynucleotides, nucleosides, nucleotides and polypeptides. The quencher moieties are non-fluorescent and accept energy transfer from fluorescent reporter labels by any energy-transfer mechanism, such as FRET. Fluorescence quencher compositions are useful in preparing quencher labeled biomolecules for various molecular biology assays based on fluorescence detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory J. Ewing, Deborah Kay Fieri, Khairuzzaman Bashar Mullah, Ronald J. Graham
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Patent number: 7985602Abstract: The present teachings generally relate to fluorescent dyes, linkable forms of fluorescent dyes, energy transfer dyes, reagents labeled with fluorescent dyes and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLCInventors: Ronald J. Graham, Ruiming Zou, Krishna G. Upadhya, Scott C. Benson
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Publication number: 20110081688Abstract: The present invention provides novel, water-soluble, red-emitting fluorescent rhodamine dyes and red-emitting fluorescent energy-transfer dye pairs, as well as labeled conjugates comprising the same and methods for their use. The dyes, energy-transfer dye pairs and labeled conjugates are useful in a variety of aqueous-based applications, particularly in assays involving staining of cells, protein binding, and/or analysis of nucleic acids, such as hybridization assays and nucleic acid sequencing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Linda G. Lee, Ronald J. Graham, William E. Werner, Elana Swartzman, Lily Lu
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Patent number: 7897338Abstract: The present invention relates generally to nucleobase polymer functionalizing reagents, to mobility-modified sequence-specific nucleobase polymers, to compositions comprising a plurality of mobility-modified sequence-specific nucleobase polymers, and to the use of such polymers and compositions in a variety of assays, such as, for example, for the detection of a plurality of selected nucleotide sequences within one or more target nucleic acids. The mobility-modifying polymers of the present invention include phosphoramidite reagents which can be joined to other mobility-modifying monomers and to sequence-specific oligonucleobase polymers via uncharged phosphate triester linkages. Addition of the mobility-modifying phosphoramidite reagents of the present invention to oligonucleobase polymers results in unexpectedly large effects the mobility of those modified oligonucleobase polymers, especially upon capillary electrophoresis in non-sieving media.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLCInventors: Sam Lee Woo, Ronald J. Graham, Jing Tian
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Patent number: 7795042Abstract: The present invention provides novel, water-soluble, red-emitting fluorescent rhodamine dyes and red-emitting fluorescent energy-transfer dye pairs, as well as labeled conjugates comprising the same and methods for their use. The dyes, energy-transfer dye pairs and labeled conjugates are useful in a variety of aqueous-based applications, particularly in assays involving staining of cells, protein binding, and/or analysis of nucleic acids, such as hybridization assays and nucleic acid sequencing.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLCInventors: Linda G. Lee, Ronald J. Graham, William E. Werner, Elana Swartzman, Lily Lu
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Publication number: 20100112619Abstract: Ligand-containing micelles and various compositions, kits and methods for their preparation and use are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Ronald J. Graham, Linda G. Lee, Hongye Sun
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Publication number: 20100022022Abstract: Disclosed are binding substrate compositions, methods and kits useful for, among other things, detecting and/or characterizing binding interactions between molecules of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: Applied Biosystems, LLCInventors: Ronald J. Graham, Michael M.A. Sekar
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Publication number: 20090305433Abstract: The present invention provides novel, water-soluble, red-emitting fluorescent rhodamine dyes and red-emitting fluorescent energy-transfer dye pairs, as well as labeled conjugates comprising the same and methods for their use. The dyes, energy-transfer dye pairs and labeled conjugates are useful in a variety of aqueous-based applications, particularly in assays involving staining of cells, protein binding, and/or analysis of nucleic acids, such as hybridization assays and nucleic acid sequencing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC.Inventors: LINDA G. LEE, RONALD J. GRAHAM, WILLIAM E. WERNER, ELANA SWARTZMAN, LILY LU
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Patent number: 7550570Abstract: A set of 4,7-dichlororhodamine compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structures wherein R1-R6 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, linking group, or, when taken together, R1 and R6 is benzo, or, when taken together, R4 and R5 is benzo; R7-R10, R12-R16 and R18 may be hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, linking group; R11 and R17 may be hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, phenyl, aryl, linking group; Y1-Y4 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, or cycloalkyl, or, when taken together, Y1 and R2, Y2 and R1 Y3 and R3, and/or Y4 and R4 is propano, ethano, or substituted forms thereof; and X1-X3 taken separately are hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylate, sulfonate, hydroxymethyl, and linking group, or any combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLC.Inventors: Linda G. Lee, Scott C. Benson, Barnett B. Rosenblum, Sandra L. Spurgeon, Ronald J. Graham
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Publication number: 20090105452Abstract: Bis-diazo, triaryl and aryldiazo-N-arylphenazonium quencher moieties, substituted with electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents which induce polarity in the delocalized aryl/diazo ring systems, are useful as labels when attached to biomolecules such as polynucleotides, nucleosides, nucleotides and polypeptides. The quencher moieties are non-fluorescent and accept energy transfer from fluorescent reporter labels by any energy-transfer mechanism, such as FRET. Fluorescence quencher compositions are useful in preparing quencher labeled biomolecules for various molecular biology assays based on fluorescence detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: Applera CorporationInventors: Gregory J. EWING, Deborah Kay Fieri, Khairuzzaman Bashar Mullah, Ronald J. Graham
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Publication number: 20090093062Abstract: The present teachings generally relate to fluorescent dyes, linkable forms of fluorescent dyes, energy transfer dyes, reagents labeled with fluorescent dyes and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: Applera CorporationInventors: Ronald J. Graham, Ruiming Zou, Krishna G. Upadhya, Scott C. Benson
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Publication number: 20090093623Abstract: A set of 4,7-dichlororhodamine compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structures wherein R1-R6 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, linking group, or, when taken together, R1 and R6 is benzo, or, when taken together, R4 and R5 is benzo; R7-R10, R12-R16 and R18 may be hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, linking group; R11 and R17 may be hydrogen, lower alkyl lower alkene, lower alkyne, phenyl, aryl, linking group; Y1-Y4 are hydrogen, lower alkyl or cycloalkyl, or, when taken together, Y1 and R2, Y2 and R1 Y3 and R3, and/or Y4 and R4 is propano, ethano, or substituted forms thereof, and X1-X3 taken separately are hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylate, sulfonate, hydroxymethyl, and linking group, or any combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: Applied Biosystems Inc.Inventors: Linda G. Lee, Scott C. Benson, Barnett B. Rosenblum, Sandra L. Spurgeon, Ronald J. Graham
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Patent number: 7504496Abstract: The present invention provides novel, water-soluble, red-emitting fluorescent rhodamine dyes and red-emitting fluorescent energy-transfer dye pairs, as well as labeled conjugates comprising the same and methods for their use. The dyes, energy-transfer dye pairs and labeled conjugates are useful in a variety of aqueous-based applications, particularly in assays involving staining of cells, protein binding, and/or analysis of nucleic acids, such as hybridization assays and nucleic acid sequencing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Inventors: Linda G. Lee, Ronald J. Graham, William E. Werner, Elana Swartzman, Lily Lu
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Publication number: 20090047699Abstract: Substrate compound-containing micelles and various compositions, kits and methods for their preparation and use are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC.Inventor: Ronald J. Graham
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Publication number: 20080268440Abstract: A method, apparatus, or system for generating a pattern of polynucleotides on a substrate. The method includes providing a substrate having a hydrophobic surface. The method further includes conjugating a polystyrene moiety to a polynucleotide and applying a polystyrene-polynucleotide conjugate to create a plurality of reaction spots on the hydrophobic surface of the substrate. An apparatus includes a substrate with at least one polystyrene-polynucleotide conjugate on a surface of the substrate. A system can analyze a polystyrene-polynucleotide conjugate and the system may perform PCR.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Timothy Z. Liu, Jer-Kang Chen, Ronald J. Graham
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Patent number: 7256292Abstract: The present teachings generally relate to fluorescent dyes, linkable forms of fluorescent dyes, energy transfer dyes, reagents labeled with fluorescent dyes and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Applera CorporationInventors: Ronald J. Graham, Ruiming Zou, Krishna G. Upadhya, Scott C. Benson
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Patent number: 7166715Abstract: The invention provides an asymmetric cyanine dye compound having the structure including substituted forms thereof, wherein, at least one of R1 and R2 is linking group, X is O, S, or Se, and n ranges from 0 to 2. The invention further provides reporter-quencher dye pairs comprising the asymmetric cyanine dyes, dye-labelled polynucleotides incorporating the asymmetric cyanine dyes, and hybridization detection methods utilizing the dye-labelled polynucleotides.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Applera CorporationInventors: Linda G. Lee, Ronald J. Graham, Khairuzzaman B. Mullah, Francis T. Haxo
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Patent number: 7074569Abstract: The present invention relates generally to nucleobase polymer functionalizing reagents, to mobility-modified sequence-specific nucleobase polymers, to compositions comprising a plurality of mobility-modified sequence-specific nucleobase polymers, and to the use of such polymers and compositions in a variety of assays, such as, for example, for the detection of a plurality of selected nucleotide sequences within one or more target nucleic acids. The mobility-modifying polymers of the present invention include phosphoramidite reagents which can be joined to other mobility-modifying monomers and to sequence-specific oligonucleobase polymers via uncharged phosphate triester linkages. Addition of the mobility-modifying phosphoramidite reagents of the present invention to oligonucleobase polymers results in unexpectedly large effects the mobility of those modified oligonucleobase polymers, especially upon capillary electrophoresis in non-sieving media.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Applera CorporationInventors: Sam Lee Woo, Ronald J. Graham, Jing Tian