Patents by Inventor Sheryl B. Silver

Sheryl B. Silver 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, reagents and kits for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
    Patent number: 5550040
    Abstract: Methods, reagents and kits are provided for simultaneously amplifying and detecting polynucleotide sequences in bacteria causing Neisseria gonorrhoeae and/or Chlamydia trachomatis using primers and probes specific for each bacterial species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok P. Purohit, Sheryl B. Silver
  • Detection of chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction using biotin labelled lina primers and capture probes
    Patent number: 5232829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the synthesis of amplified biotin-labelled DNA target sequences of Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction techniques and the detection of such sequences by a microtiter plate having plurality of wells and having bound thereto oligonucleotide capture probe complementary to said target sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew Longiaru, Sheryl B. Silver, Michael A. Sulzinski