Patents by Inventor Steve Kirch

Steve Kirch 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).

  • Nucleic acid sequencing by raman monitoring of molecular deconstruction
    Patent number: 6982165
    Abstract: The disclosed methods, apparatus and compositions are of use for nucleic acid sequencing. More particularly, the methods and apparatus concern sequencing single molecules of single stranded DNA or RNA by exposing the molecule to exonuclease activity, removing free nucleotides one at a time from one end of the nucleic acid, and identifying the released nucleotides by Raman spectroscopy or FRET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mineo Yamakawa, Andrew Berlin, Steve Kirch, Gabi Neubauer, Valluri Rao