Patents by Inventor Sergio D. Aguirre

Sergio D. Aguirre 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).

  • CATALYTIC NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AS MICROBIAL INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20170247746
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of generating catalytic nucleic acid probes useful for detecting microorganisms such as bacterial pathogens. In one embodiment, the catalytic nucleic acid probes are fluorogenic DNAzymes. The disclosure also relates to catalytic nucleic acid probes and methods of using the probes for detecting microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yingfu Li, M. Monsur Ali, Sergio D. Aguirre
  • Catalytic nucleic acid probes as microbial indicators
    Patent number: 9624551
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of generating catalytic nucleic acid probes useful for detecting microorganisms such as bacterial pathogens. In one embodiment, the catalytic nucleic acid probes are fluorogenic DNAzymes. The disclosure also relates to catalytic nucleic acid probes and methods of using the probes for detecting microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: McMaster University
    Inventors: Yingfu Li, M. Monsur Ali, Sergio D. Aguirre
  • CATALYTIC NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AS MICROBIAL INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20140005072
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of generating catalytic nucleic acid probes useful for detecting microorganisms such as bacterial pathogens. In one embodiment, the catalytic nucleic acid probes are fluorogenic DNAzymes. The disclosure also relates to catalytic nucleic acid probes and methods of using the probes for detecting microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: McMaster University
    Inventors: Yingfu Li, M. Monsur Ali, Sergio D. Aguirre
  • STABILIZED GOLD NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100173347
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to water-soluble stable gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and methods for making the same. The present disclosure also includes the use of AuNPs, for example, in biological, medical and environmental assays for the detection of analytes, as well as biological and medical imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Michael A. Brook, Yingfu Li, Ferdinand Gonzaga, Weian Zhao, Monsur M. Ali, Sergio D. Aguirre