Patents by Inventor Sandra Fitzpatrick-McElligott

Sandra Fitzpatrick-McElligott 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).

  • Method for the amplification and detection of a nucleic acid fragment of interest
    Publication number: 20030087271
    Abstract: A method is provided for the replication and detection of a specific nucleic acid target using a detection probe. The probe is present throughout the amplification reaction but does not participate in the reaction in that it is not extended. The probe contains sequence complementary to the replicated nucleic acid analyte for capture of the analyte by hybridization. Additionally the probe or analyte contains at least one reactive ligand to permit immobilization or reporting of the probe/analyte hybrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Richard C. Ebersole, Edwin R. Hendrickson, Sandra Fitzpatrick-McElligott, Michael P. Perry
  • Method for detection of non-denatured nucleic acid fragments
    Patent number: 6037127
    Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of a nucleic acid analyte in a test sample is provided in which a test sample is contacted with a test strip of a chromatographic bibulous porous material which is capable of moving the test sample laterally along the test strip by capillary migration to ultimate capture by a moiety in a specific capture zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Ebersole, Edwin R. Hendrickson, Mark S. Payne, Sandra Fitzpatrick-McElligott, William R. Majarian, Jan A. Rafalski