Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Jensen

Wayne A. Jensen 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: 7744604
    Abstract: A system for removing matter from a conduit. The system includes the steps of passing a transport vehicle and a shape memory polymer material through the conduit, transmitting energy to the shape memory polymer material for moving the shape memory polymer material from a first shape to a second and different shape, and withdrawing the transport vehicle and the shape memory polymer material through the conduit carrying the matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Duncan Maitland, William J. Benett, Jane P. Bearinger, Thomas S. Wilson, Ward Small, IV, Daniel L. Schumann, Wayne A. Jensen, Jason M. Ortega, John E. Marion, III, Jeffrey M. Loge
  • Patent number: 7482128
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind albumin from animals. Also provided are methods using such antibodies for the detection of early renal disease in animals. The method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a sample from an animal to be tested; (b) contacting the sample with an antibody having a greater avidity for feline albumin than for other proteins or components in the sample; (c) detecting the complex formed by the antibody and albumin; and (d) determining the amount of albumin in the sample from the amount of antibody-albumin complex detected. An amount of albumin in the range of from 10 ?g/ml to about 300 ?g/ml indicates the presence of early renal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Heska Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne A. Jensen, Shirley Wu Hunter, Karen Sverlow, Janet S. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20080286295
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method to determine the immune status of an animal that includes the steps of (a) contacting a biological specimen of the animal with a recombinant infectious agent antigen that is specific for detecting an antibody selective for that infectious agent, under conditions suitable for formation of a complex between the recombinant antigen and the antibody and (b) detecting the presence or absence of the complex, wherein presence or absence of a complex is indicative of the immune status of the animal. Preferably such a method indicates whether the animal should be vaccinated. The present invention also includes an assay comprising (a) a recombinant infectious agent antigen that is specific for detecting an antibody selective for that infectious agent; and (b) a means to detect an antibody that selectively binds to the recombinant antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Wayne A. Jensen, Michael R. Lappin, David K. Rosen, Janet S. Andrews
  • Patent number: 6759531
    Abstract: In broad terms, the present invention includes materials and methods useful to distinguish between and among species of a genus. The present methods utilize the differences in PCR amplicon sizes to specifically identify a given species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Wayne A. Jensen
  • Publication number: 20040058316
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method to determine the immune status of an animal that includes the steps of (a) contacting a biological specimen of the animal with a recombinant infectious agent antigen that is specific for detecting an antibody selective for that infectious agent, under conditions suitable for formation of a complex between the recombinant antigen and the antibody and (b) detecting the presence or absence of the complex, wherein presence or absence of a complex is indicative of the immune status of the animal. Preferably such a method indicates whether the animal should be vaccinated. The present invention also includes an assay comprising (a) a recombinant infectious agent antigen that is specific for detecting an antibody selective for that infectious agent; and (b) a means to detect an antibody that selectively binds to the recombinant antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Wayne A. Jensen, Michael R. Lappin, David K. Rosen, Janet S. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20030152997
    Abstract: In broad terms, the present invention includes materials and methods useful to distinguish between and among species of a genus. The present methods utilize the differences in PCR amplicon sizes to specifically identify a given species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Wayne A. Jensen
  • Patent number: 6558909
    Abstract: In broad terms, the present invention includes materials and methods useful to distinguish between and among species of a genus. The present methods utilize the differences in PCR amplicon sizes to specifically identify a given species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Heska Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne A. Jensen
  • Patent number: 6454939
    Abstract: A hand portable, field-deployable thin-layer chromatography (TLC) unit and a hand portable, battery-operated unit for development, illumination, and data acquisition of the TLC plates contain many miniaturized features that permit a large number of samples to be processed efficiently. The TLC unit includes a solvent tank, a holder for TLC plates, and a variety of tool chambers for storing TLC plates, solvent, and pipettes. After processing in the TLC unit, a TLC plate is positioned in a collapsible illumination box, where the box and a CCD camera are optically aligned for optimal pixel resolution of the CCD images of the TLC plate. The TLC system includes an improved development chamber for chemical development of TLC plates that prevents solvent overflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Haas, Fredrick R. Kelly, John F. Bushman, Michael H. Wiefel, Wayne A. Jensen, Gregory L. Klunder
  • Publication number: 20020081615
    Abstract: In broad terms, the present invention includes materials and methods useful to distinguish between and among species of a genus. The present methods utilize the differences in PCR amplicon sizes to specifically identify a given species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Wayne A. Jensen
  • Publication number: 20020019007
    Abstract: In broad terms, the present invention includes materials and methods useful to distinguish between and among species of a genus. The present methods utilize the differences in PCR amplicon sizes to specifically identify a given species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventor: Wayne A. Jensen
  • Patent number: 6096205
    Abstract: A hand portable, field-deployable thin-layer chromatography (TLC) unit and a hand portable, battery-operated unit for development, illumination, and data acquisition of the TLC plates contain many miniaturized features that permit a large number of samples to be processed efficiently. The TLC unit includes a solvent tank, a holder for TLC plates, and a variety of tool chambers for storing TLC plates, solvent, and pipettes. After processing in the TLC unit, a TLC plate is positioned in a collapsible illumination box, where the box and a CCD camera are optically aligned for optimal pixel resolution of the CCD images of the TLC plate. The TLC system includes an improved development chamber for chemical development of TLC plates that prevents solvent overflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Haas, Fredrick R. Kelly, John F. Bushman, Michael H. Wiefel, Wayne A. Jensen