Patents by Inventor Tom Chia

Tom Chia 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: 7560239
    Abstract: Methods and kits are provided for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes, i.e. to the determination of whether one or more of a plurality of analytes is present in a sample, particularly the plurality of analytes are structurally unrelated or significantly different, particularly to whether one or more of such analytes is present in a sample in a concentration that is above a predetermined minimum or cutoff value, and particularly for such analytes with different cutoffs. The methods and kits are particularly useful for-screening for the presence of a plurality of drugs (licit and/or illicit), performance-enhancing substances, and other chemicals, and involve a competitive enzyme immunoassay employing one or more conjugates of G6PDH with a plurality of the analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Lin-Zhi International Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Lin, Tom Chia, Chiu Chin Chang
  • Publication number: 20060078955
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and kits for retrieving a cannabinoid from an oral fluid collection device having adsorbed the cannabinoid and to prepare an oral fluid specimen for the determination of ?9-tetrahydrocaninabinol (?9-THC) concentration qualitatively or quantitatively by an enzyme immunoassay. The methods and kits are particularly useful in preserving the ?9-THC quantitatively from oral fluid samples during the process of collection and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Lin-Zhi International
    Inventors: Cheng-I Lin, Tom Chia, Marie Lin, Michael Coyer
  • Publication number: 20060046273
    Abstract: The present invention discloses homogeneous enzyme immunoassay systems, methods and kits useful for the qualitatively and quantitatively determination of analytes in oral fluid samples. The system involves a competitive enzyme immunoassay employing a conjugate comprising glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and an analyte. The methods and kits are particularly useful in the detection of recent drug use and for fast determination of analytes using auto-analyzers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Lin-Zhi International Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-I Lin, Marie Lin, Tom Chia
  • Publication number: 20030224373
    Abstract: Methods and kits are provided for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes, i.e. to the determination of whether one or more of a plurality of analytes is present in a sample, particularly the plurality of analytes are structurally unrelated or significantly different, particularly to whether one or more of such analytes is present in a sample in a concentration that is above a predetermined minimum or cutoff value, and particularly for such analytes with different cutoffs. The methods and kits are particularly useful for-screening for the presence of a plurality of drugs (licit and/or illicit), performance-enhancing substances, and other chemicals, and involve a competitive enzyme immunoassay employing one or more conjugates of G6PDH with a plurality of the analytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Lin-Zhi International Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Lin, Tom Chia, Chiu Chin Chang