Patents by Inventor Sandra L. Tollaksen

Sandra L. Tollaksen 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: 7659083
    Abstract: A construct is provided that is capable of binding a plurality of molecules, the construct comprising a first moiety with a first molecule binding region and a first molecule non-binding region; and a second moiety with a second molecule-binding region and a second molecule-non-binding region, whereby the first binding region and second binding region are at opposite ends of the construct. Also provided is a method for detecting protein having certain amino acid sequences, the method comprising supplying a collection of proteins each with unknown amino acid sequences, contacting the collection with a moiety having a plurality of binding sites capable of binding with the protein having certain amino acid sequences so as to form a moiety-protein complex, and mixing the complex with a marker specific for the moiety in an amount sufficient to indicate existence of the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Uchicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Fred J. Stevens, Marianne Schiffer, Priscilla Wilkins-Stevens, W. Carey Hanly, Sandra L. Tollaksen
  • Publication number: 20080319172
    Abstract: A construct is provided that is capable of binding a plurality of molecules, the construct comprising a first moiety with a first molecule binding region and a first molecule non-binding region; and a second moiety with a second molecule-binding region and a second molecule-non-binding region, whereby the first binding region and second binding region are at opposite ends of the construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Fred J. Stevens, Marianne Schiffer, Priscilla Wilkins-Stevens, W. Carey Hanly, Sandra L. Tollaksen
  • Patent number: 4824547
    Abstract: After two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins or the like, resulting in a polyacrylamide gel slab having a pattern of protein gel spots thereon, an individual protein gel spot is cored out from the slab, to form a gel spot core which is placed in an extraction tube, with a dialysis membrane across the lower end of the tube. Replicate gel spots can be cored out from replicate gel slabs and placed in the extraction tube. Molten agarose gel is poured into the extraction tube where the agarose gel hardens to form an immobilizing gel, covering the gel spot cores. The upper end portion of the extraction tube is filled with a volume of buffer solution, and the upper end is closed by another dialysis membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Jian-Shi Zhang, Carol S. Giometti, Sandra L. Tollaksen