Patents by Inventor Steve Woodman

Steve Woodman 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).

  • Methods for reducing non-specific binding to an oligonucleotide array
    Publication number: 20010049108
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variety of methods for reducing non-specific binding of a target molecule or plurality of target molecules to an array of oligonucleotides. The methods of the present invention include surface modification techniques and oligonucleotide modification techniques. According to one method of the present invention, non-specific binding of a target molecule to an array of oligonucleotides is reduced by replacing at least one of: i) the protecting groups on each of the plurality of oligonucleotides, and ii) the protecting groups on each of the protected regions of the substrate, with a negatively charged phosphate residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Glenn McGall, Martin Goldberg, Thomas B. Ryder, Steve Woodman