Patents by Inventor Sheryll H. Handley

Sheryll H. Handley 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 DETECTING MICROBES
    Publication number: 20080305514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting microbes in a sample comprising filtering the sample through a fluid-permeable surface, contacting the surface with a viability stain, scanning the surface for viability stain to form a first scan, contacting the surface with a nucleic acid stain, scanning the surface for nucleic acid stain to form a second scan, and comparing said first scan and said second scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
    Inventors: Kathleen G. Alford, Sheryll H. Handley, Barry A. Schlech, S. Paul Shannon, Ronald L. Smith