Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Menchen

Steven Michael Menchen 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).

  • Publication number: 20110124510
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure are disclosed, including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott C. BENSON, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 7833756
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure are disclosed, including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLC
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Publication number: 20090068751
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure are disclosed, including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Applied Biosystems Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C. BENSON, Joe Y.L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 7129050
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In the method, a mixture of sequence-specific probes are reacted with the target polynucleotide under hybridization conditions, and the hybridized probes are treated to selectively modify those probes which are bound to the target polynucleotide in a base-specific manner. The resulting labeled probes include a polymer chain which imparts to each different-sequence probe, a distinctive ratio of charge/translational frictional drag, and a detectable label. The labeled probes are fractionated by electrophoresis in a non-sieving matrix, and the presence of one or more selected sequences in the target polynucleotide are detected according to the observed electrophoretic migration rates of the labeled probes in a non-sieving medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Coporation
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen
  • Patent number: 7115376
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of different-sequence probe pairs are added to a target polynucleotide, where each probe pair includes two polynucleotide probe elements which are complementary in sequence to adjacent portions of a selected one of the target sequences in the target polynucleotide. In each probe pair, one of the probe elements contains a non-polynucleotide polymer chain which imparts a distinctive mobility to the associated probe pair, when the elements in the pair are ligated. The other element in the pair contains a detectable reporter label. After the probe pairs have been allowed to hybridize with the target polynucleotide, the hybridized polynucleotides are treated under conditions effective to ligate the end subunits of target-bound probe elements when their end subunits are base-paired with adjacent target bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen
  • Patent number: 6919445
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure are disclosed, including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 6759202
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of different-sequence probe pairs are added to a target polynucleotide, where each probe pair includes two polynucleotide probe elements which are complementary in sequence to adjacent portions of a selected one of the target sequences in the target polynucleotide. In each probe pair, one of the probe elements contains a non-polynucleotide polymer chain which imparts a distinctive mobility to the associated probe pair, when the elements in the pair are ligated. The other element in the pair contains a detectable reporter label. After the probe pairs have been allowed to hybridize with the target polynucleotide, the hybridized polynucleotides are treated under conditions effective to ligate the end subunits of target-bound probe elements when their end subunits are base-paired with adjacent target bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen
  • Patent number: 6756204
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In the method, a mixture of sequence-specific probes are reacted with the target polynucleotide under hybridization conditions, and the hybridized probes are treated to selectively modify those probes which are bound to the target polynucleotide in a base-specific manner. The resulting labeled probes include a polymer chain which imparts to each different-sequence probe, a distinctive ratio of charge/translational frictional drag, and a detectable label. The labeled probes are fractionated by electrophoresis in a non-sieving matrix, and the presence of one or more selected sequences in the target polynucleotide are detected according to the observed electrophoretic migration rates of the labeled probes in a non-sieving medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen
  • Patent number: 6566071
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure: are disclosed, including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure: including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Publication number: 20030073108
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of different-sequence probe pairs are added to a target polynucleotide, where each probe pair includes two polynucleotide probe elements which are complementary in sequence to adjacent portions of a selected one of the target sequences in the target polynucleotide. In each probe pair, one of the probe elements contains a non-polynucleotide polymer chain which imparts a distinctive mobility to the associated probe pair, when the elements in the pair are ligated. The other element in the pair contains a detectable reporter label. After the probe pairs have been allowed to hybridize with the target polynucleotide, the hybridized polynucleotides are treated under conditions effective to ligate the end subunits of target-bound probe elements when their end subunits are base-paired with adjacent target bases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: PE Corporation (NY)
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen
  • Publication number: 20030059810
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In the method, a mixture of sequence-specific probes are reacted with the target polynucleotide under hybridization conditions, and the hybridized probes are treated to selectively modify those probes which are bound to the target polynucleotide in a base-specific manner. The resulting labeled probes include a polymer chain which imparts to each different-sequence probe, a distinctive ratio of charge/translational frictional drag, and a detectable label. The labeled probes are fractionated by electrophoresis in a non-sieving matrix, and the presence of one or more selected sequences in the target polynucleotide are detected according to the observed electrophoretic migration rates of the labeled probes in a non-sieving medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: PE Corporation (NY)
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen
  • Publication number: 20020034761
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y.L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 6326153
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure are disclosed, including nitrogen and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Publication number: 20010011139
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y.L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 6221606
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure are disclosed, including nitogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forns thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alky, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, —CH2OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 6111116
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure ##STR1## are disclosed, including nitogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure ##STR2## including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure ##STR3## including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, --CH.sub.2 OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodarnine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 6051719
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure ##STR1## are disclosed, including nitogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, such intermediates having the structure ##STR2## In Formula I, R.sub.1 is H or ##STR3## wherein Y is H, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, aromatic, phenyl, polycyclic aromatic, heterocycle, water-solubilizing group, or linking group, including substituted forms thereof. When R.sub.1 is H, the C-12-bonded nitrogen and the C-12 and C-13 carbons form a first ring structure having from 4 to 7 members, and/or the C-12-bonded nitrogen and the C-11 and C-12 carbons form a second ring structure having from 5 to 7 members. The compounds of Formula I further include aryl- and nitrogen-substituted forms thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Conrad Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Krishna Gajanan Upadhya, Peggy Ann Radel, Weiguo Zhen, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 6008379
    Abstract: A class of aromatic-substituted xanthene compounds useful as fluorescent dyes is disclosed, the compounds having the general structure where Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, oxygen, imminium, linking group and amine, or Y.sub.1 taken together with R.sub.2 is cyclic imine, or Y.sub.2 taken together with R.sub.3 is cyclic amine; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5, and R.sub.7 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, imminium, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, phenyl, and linking group; R.sub.1 taken separately is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted phenyl, polycyclic aromatic, substituted polycyclic aromatic, linking group and electron-rich heterocycle, or when taken together with R.sub.7 is selected from the group consisting of electron-rich heterocycle and indene; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Conrad Benson, Steven Michael Menchen, Peter David Theisen, Krishna Gajanan Upadhya, Joan Dale Hauser
  • Patent number: 5936087
    Abstract: Dibenzorhodamine compounds having the structure ##STR1## are disclosed, including nitogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof. In addition, two intermediates useful for synthesizing such compounds are disclosed, a first intermediate having the structure ##STR2## including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, and a second intermediate having the structure ##STR3## including nitrogen- and aryl-substituted forms thereof, wherein substituents at positions C-14 to C18 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, --CH.sub.2 OH, alkoxy, phenoxy, linking group, and substituted forms thereof. The invention further includes energy transfer dyes comprising the dibenzorhodamine compounds, nucleosides labeled with the dibenzorhodamine compounds, and nucleic acid analysis methods employing the dibenzorhodamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Benson, Joe Y. L. Lam, Steven Michael Menchen
  • Patent number: 5807682
    Abstract: Method and composition for detecting one or more selected polynucleotide regions in a target polynucleotide. In the method, a mixture of sequence-specific probes are reacted with the target polynucleotide under hybridization conditions, and the hybridized probes are treated to selectively modify those probes which are bound to the target polynucleotide in a base-specific manner. The resulting labeled probes include a polymer chain which imparts to each different-sequence probe, a distinctive ratio of charge/translational frictional drag, and a detectable label. The labeled probes are fractionated by electrophoresis in a non-sieving matrix, and the presence of one or more selected sequences in the target polynucleotide are detected according to the observed electrophoretic migration rates of the labeled probes in a non-sieving medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Paul David Grossman, Steven Fung, Steven Michael Menchen, Sam Lee Woo, Emily Susan Winn-Deen