Patents by Inventor Steven Wayne Meinhardt

Steven Wayne Meinhardt 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).

  • Patent number: 5808009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of affinity purifying antibodies consisting of the following steps: A) homogenizing Helminth parasite worms forming a mixture; B) incubating the mixture of adult Helminth parasite worm homogenate with pre-swelled CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B in coupling buffer; C) first washing the mixture with blocking buffer; D) second washing the mixture with acetate buffer and coupling buffer; E) third washing the mixture with Phosphate Buffered Solution; F) pouring the mixture into a chromatography column; G) allowing the mixture to settle; H) first passing, by gravity, a solution of saturated ammonium sulfate precipitated antibodies in loading buffer through the chromatography column; I) second passing, by gravity, loading buffer through the chromatography column until thoroughly washed; and J) second passing, by gravity, chromatography column elution buffer through the chromatography column which functions to remove and the purified antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: North Dakota State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Thomas Russell Gustad, Steven Wayne Meinhardt