Patents by Inventor Sachiko Kadouchi

Sachiko Kadouchi 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).

  • Patent number: 6255048
    Abstract: This invention provides fluoroassay which comprises labeling analyte molecules with a fluorescent material having a nucleic acid portion stained with a sufficient number of fluorochrome molecules so as to be measurable as fluorescent spots, and a reactive group binding to the analyte molecule specifically, immobilizing the labeled analyte on a solid phase, and counting the number of fluorescent spots. The nucleic acid portion of the fluorescent labeling material is a double-stranded or single-stranded nucleic acid, and the staining with the fluorochrome molecules is performed with intercalating type, minor groove binding type, or covalently binding to the nucleic acid type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Laboratory of Molecular Biophotonics
    Inventors: Shigeru Hosoi, Makiko Kojima, Sachiko Kadouchi