Patents by Inventor Solomon Mwaigwisya

Solomon Mwaigwisya 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 NUCLEIC ACID DEPLETION
    Publication number: 20230183673
    Abstract: Provided is a method for depleting host nucleic acid in a biological sample, said sample having been previously obtained from an animal host, said method comprising the steps of (a) adding a cytolysin, or an active variant thereof, to said sample; and (b) carrying-out a process to physically deplete nucleic acid released from host cells within said sample or otherwise render such nucleic acid unidentifiable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Joseph O'Grady, John Richard Wain, Solomon Mwaigwisya, Gemma Louise Kay
  • Method for nucleic acid depletion
    Patent number: 11505793
    Abstract: Provided is a method for depleting host nucleic acid in a biological sample, said sample having been previously obtained from an animal host, said method comprising the steps of (a) adding a cytolysin, or an active variant thereof, to said sample; and (b) carrying-out a process to physically deplete nucleic acid released from host cells within said sample or otherwise render such nucleic acid unidentifiable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: UEA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Justin Joseph O'Grady, John Richard Wain, Solomon Mwaigwisya, Gemma Louise Kay
  • Method for Nucleic Acid Depletion
    Publication number: 20190316113
    Abstract: Provided is a method for depleting host nucleic acid in a biological sample, said sample having been previously obtained from an animal host, said method comprising the steps of (a) adding a cytolysin, or an active variant thereof, to said sample; and (b) carrying-out a process to physically deplete nucleic acid released from host cells within said sample or otherwise render such nucleic acid unidentifiable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Justin Joseph O'Grady, John Richard Wain, Solomon Mwaigwisya, Gemma Louise Kay