Patents by Inventor Sue Blackwell

Sue Blackwell 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 APTAMERS
    Publication number: 20210180067
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions including an aptamer bound to a complex, wherein the complex comprises at least two polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of quantifying a fraction of PD1 occupied by PDL1 or a fraction of PDL1 occupied by PD1 in a sample, and methods of isolating complexes using aptamers that are capable of binding to the complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: George Weiner, William Thiel, Paloma Giangrande, Suresh Veeramani, Sue Blackwell
  • Nucleic acid aptamers
    Patent number: 10934549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions including an aptamer bound to a complex, wherein the complex comprises at least two polypeptides. Accordingly, methods of using the aptamers and making the aptamers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: George Weiner, William Thiel, Paloma Giangrande, Suresh Veeramani, Sue Blackwell
  • NUCLEIC ACID APTAMERS
    Publication number: 20190136240
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions including an aptamer bound to a complex, wherein the complex comprises at least two polypeptides. Accordingly, methods of using the aptamers and making the aptamers are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: George Weiner, William Thiel, Paloma Giangrande, Suresh Veeramani, Sue Blackwell
  • Method to decrease nonspecific staining by Cy5
    Publication number: 20060121023
    Abstract: Methods of reducing nonspecific binding of a fluorophore to cells expressing a Fc receptor, for example, CD64, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: George Weiner, Bernd Jahrsdoerfer, Sue Blackwell