Patents by Inventor Yen P. Liu

Yen P. Liu 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).

  • Methods for detecting amphiphilic antigens
    Patent number: 5187066
    Abstract: This invention is to a method for detecting an amphiphilic antigen in a biological sample suspected of containing the amphiphilic antigen, which method comprises providing in combination a hydrophilic solid support modified to have a hydrophobic surface and an assay medium suspected of containing an amphiphilic antigen, incubating the combination under conditions sufficient for the amphiphilic antigen to bind to the hydrophobic surface, and determining the presence or amount of the amphiphilic antigen bound to the hydrophobic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Becker, Nurith Kurn, Yen P. Liu, Rajesh D. Patel, Thomas M. Houts, John D. Olson