Patents by Inventor Salman H. Siddiqi

Salman H. Siddiqi 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).

  • Methods and devices for collecting and preparing specimens for detection of mycobacteria and antigens
    Publication number: 20030129679
    Abstract: Methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for detecting a secreted mycobacterial antigen directly in a biological sample obtained from a mammalian subject without substantial replication of mycobacterial cells in the sample. This method comprises contacting an antibody that specifically binds to the secreted mycobacterial antigen with the sample, or a fraction thereof, under conditions such that the antibody specifically binds to secreted mycobacterial antigen in the sample, thereby forming a specific complex of the antibody with the secreted mycobacterial antigen. This method further comprises detecting the presence, absence or amount of specific complex of the antibody with the secreted mycobacterial antigen in the sample. In this method the presence of this specific complex indicates the presence of the secreted mycobacterial antigen in the sample. The invention method is particularly useful for detecting MPB64 antigen of M. bovis or MPT64 antigen of M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Salman H. Siddiqi
  • Method and composition for enhancement of growth of mycobacteria
    Patent number: 4769332
    Abstract: A growth medium for mycobacteria is provided which has enhanced growth properties. The growth medium contains an effective amount of polyoxyethylene stearate and an albumin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Salman H. Siddiqi, Rodney L. Broman