Patents by Inventor Terri MCLERNON

Terri MCLERNON 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: 10036708
    Abstract: Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Dean G. Binger, Ying Chen, Renuka De Silva, Terri McLernon, James Mendoza, Bruce H. Odegaard, Michael Salvati, Nir Shapir, Wenhua Xie
  • Publication number: 20150212005
    Abstract: Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Dean G. Binger, Ying Chen, Renuka De Silva, Terri McLernon, James Mendoza, Bruce H. Odegaard, Michael Salvati, Nir Shapir, Wenhua Xie
  • Patent number: 9029092
    Abstract: Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Dean G. Binger, Ying Chen, Renuka De Silva, Terri McLernon, James Mendoza, Bruce H. Odegaard, Michael Salvati, Nir Shapir, Wenhua Xie
  • Publication number: 20100273189
    Abstract: Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample, the assay method comprising forming a reaction mixture in an aqueous solution, by adding a chemiluminescent-labeled immobilized specific binding member, an activator-labeled specific binding member, a selective signal inhibiting agent, and a sample, wherein the chemiluminescent-labeled immobilized specific binding member and activator-labeled specific binding member bind to analyte present in the sample to form a binding complex, and adding to the reaction mixture a trigger solution to release a detectable chemiluminescent signal correlated to the amount of the analyte-bound binding complex present in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
    Inventors: Hashem AKHAVAN-TAFTI, Renuka DE SILVA, Terri MCLERNON, James MENDOZA, Michael SALVATI, Nir SHAPIR, Wenhua XIE
  • Publication number: 20100267071
    Abstract: Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
    Inventors: Hashem AKHAVAN-TAFTI, Dean G. BINGER, Ying Chen, Renuka DE SILVA, Terri MCLERNON, James MENDOZA, Bruce H. ODEGAARD, Michael SALVATI, Nir SHAPIR, Wenhua XIE
  • Patent number: RE49466
    Abstract: Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Dean G. Binger, Ying Chen, Renuka de Silva, Terri McLernon, James Mendoza, Bruce H. Odegaard, Michael Salvati, Nir Shapir, Wenhua Xie