Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Dodd

Thomas F. Dodd 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).

  • Method for non-covalent coating of antibodies on solid substrates
    Patent number: 4256724
    Abstract: Antibodies to lipophilic haptens and antigens, such as the antibodies of bile acids are non-covalently coated on a solid substrate for use in solid phase immunoassays by including in the antibody coating solution an inorganic salt, such as ammonium sulfate, to increase the ionic strength of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Herman Rutner, Thomas F. Dodd
  • Preparation of solid substrate containing receptor and labeled form of ligand for assays
    Patent number: 4256725
    Abstract: A solid substrate is simultaneously contacted with a labeled form of a ligand to be assayed, a receptor for the ligand to be assayed and a solution of an ionic salt to produce a solid substrate which contains the labeled form of the ligand and the receptor. In a subsequent assay for the ligand, the solid substrate is contacted with a sample containing the ligand, whereby the labeled form of the ligand is available for equilibration with the receptor in competition with the ligand to be assayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Herman Rutner, Thomas F. Dodd