Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing inventions 08/07

20070202603 - Apparatus and method for sampling and correcting fluids: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for sampling a metal working fluid and dispensing a corrective fluid to adjust the fluid in a tank or reservoir from which the sample was drawn. The apparatus, which in certain embodiments is transportable, includes an inlet configured to receive a fluid... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070202604 - Metabonomic methods to assess health of skin: The present invention relates to methods of assessing the health of skin. Biomarkers are used to evaluate skin samples. Using metabonomics approaches, samples taken from different skin sites or at different times during a treatment are used to diagnose skin conditions or to appraise various skin treatments for efficacy.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070202602 - Method for screening crystallization conditions in solution crystal growth: A method of screening protein crystal growth conditions with picogram to microgram amounts of protein in picoliter or nanoliter volumes is provided. A preferred method comprises a microarray with a plurality of microchambers in the microarray. A protein solution is placed into the micro-chambers by an automated dispensing mechanism. The... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070202605 - Methods for identifying and measuring s-nitrosothiol bonds in heme-containing cells and molecules: The invention provides a method of detecting an S-nitrosothiol in a sample which includes treating the sample with a transition metal such as copper (I) and cysteine in the presence of a substance capable of blocking interactions between iron-containing compounds and NO and detecting the generated NO.... Agent: University Of Virginia Patent Foundation

20070202606 - Devices and methods for measuring clinically relevant analytes in fluids: Methods and devices for the measurement of clinically relevant analytes in fluids are provided. The devices and methods are particularly relevant for detection of glucose in blood and allow internal calibration of measurements. One device includes a flow path for conducting the fluid through the device; a predetermined amount of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070202607 - Filtration apparatus and associated method for microwave-assisted chemistry: A method and apparatus are disclosed that are useful in bench top sample preparation and filtration techniques, including those related to microwave assisted extraction and partial digestion. In one aspect the method includes the steps of positioning a microwave-transparent matrix removal tool in a microwave transparent reaction vessel adding a... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070202608 - Automated fluid handling system and method: An automated fluid handling system configured to prepare fluid samples and to introduce them into an analytical instrument, such as a particle analyzer, flow cytometer or sorter flow cell, and that is capable of analyzing both accurately and quickly.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070202609 - Apparatus and methods for increasing lateral mass transfer over molecule sensors: Described are apparatus and methods allowing measurement of adsorption and desorption of analytes with membranes or resins directly using increased lateral mass transport. Such increased lateral mass transport may be accomplished through the incorporation of a porous media, such as a fibrous bed or a concentrated bed of spheres, into... Agent: Trask Britt

20070202610 - Method and apparatus for combinatorially varying materials, unit process and process sequence: A method for analyzing and optimizing fabrication techniques using variations of materials, unit processes, and process sequences is provided. In the method, a subset of a semiconductor manufacturing process sequence and build is analyzed for optimization. During the execution of the subset of the manufacturing process sequence, the materials, unit... Agent: Martine Penilla Gencarella, LLP

20070202611 - Simple membrane assay method and kit: The present invention is to provide a simple membrane assay method for detecting or quantitating an analyte in a specimen sample using an assay device equipped with a membrane bound with a capture-substance to capture the analyte, comprising the steps of filtering a specimen sample using a filter, dropping the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070196924 - Apparatus and method to measure the kinetics parameters of a porous powder catalyst: An apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the kinetic parameters of a catalyst powder, which include the reaction rate constants, active site concentration and intraparticle diffusivity. The measurement of the active site concentration selectively measures just the active sites and not the entire exposed atom concentration. The apparatus and... Agent: Robert A. De Groot

20070196923 - Method of checking the hermeticity of a closed cavity of a micrometric component and micrometric component for the implementation of same: In order to check the hermeticity of a closed cavity of at least one micrometric component, said component includes a structure made over or in one portion of a substrate, a cap fixed to one zone of the substrate to protect the structure, and an indicator element whose optical or... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070196925 - Determination of total base number in marine engine lubricants by elements: The present invention provides a method for determining the TBN of a used lubricating oil by measuring with a single device at least one element, such as sulfur, and correlating the measured amount to the oil's TBN. Preferably, a spectroscopic device is used to make the measurement.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20070196926 - Testing lumenectomy samples for markers of non-vascular diseases: Lumenectomy material is tested to determine the presence or likelihood of a condition of a patient. The lumenectomy material is in the form of at least one continuous tissue strand collected in vivo from an inner surface of a body lumen of the patient. The presence of at least one... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070196927 - Method for qualitative and/or quantitative detection of polyethylene glycols in biological fluids: The subject matter of the present invention relates a method for detection of polyethylene glycols (PEG) in an aqueous solution or in a sample of a biological fluid in a qualitative and/or semi-quantitative and/or quantitative manner, the method comprising the addition of a reagent containing iodine, alkali metal iodide and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070196928 - Analytical pretreatment column: The analytical pretreatment column of the present invention is filled with at least the inorganic type filler having a number average diameter consisting of double pore structure having both a through pore with a number average diameter of the range of 0.5 to 25 micrometers, and meso pore with number... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070196929 - Method for determining solubility of a chemical compound: There is provided a method of determining the solubility of a chemical compound containing one or more acidic or basic groups. The method involves preparing a close to saturated solution with solid present of said chemical compound; measuring the pH of the test solution at regular intervals until a consistent... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070196930 - Molecular stamp for printing biomolecules onto a substate: The invention pertains to a molecular stamp for printing biomolecules onto a substrate comprising a hydrophylic polymeric gel and a patterned surface, characterized in that the gel has at least 20% crosslink density. Preferably, the stamp comprises a gel which is obtainable by polymerizing at least one of a water... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070196931 - Therapeutic agent for ulcerative colitis: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of treatment for a patient with ulcerative colitis comprising a drug which can selectively kill Fusobacterium varium cells, or a drug which can neutralize the toxin produced by Fusobacterium varium cells, a method for screening such a drug, a method for treating a patient with the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070190654 - Process for qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one molecule present on a solid surface: The invention concerns a method for qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one molecule present on a solid surface, in which a polysiloxane-based sorbent material is used.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070190655 - Passive type emission flux sampler and flux measuring apparatus: An opening 14 for taking in a chemical substance released from an inspection object (13) into the casing (12) is formed to the bottom surface (12a) of a hollow casing (12) to be bonded to the inspection object (13), a test specimen (15) that takes place color change reaction with... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070190656 - Biomolecular devices: The present invention provides a macromolecular switch (51) suitable for use in a data acquisition and/or processing device. The switch comprises a macromolecular structure (10) having an ion binding site (14), and is flippable between a plurality of discretely different conformations corresponding to different ion binding conditions at the ion... Agent: Evans & Molinelli

20070190657 - Methods of assessing susceptibility to drug-induced thrombocytopenia: The present invention relates to assessing the FcγRIIIa-158 polymorphism in a subject in order to determine susceptibility of the subject to drug induced thrombocytopenia, as well as therapies and therapeutic compositions based on the use of this biomarker.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070190658 - Determination of glycated protein: The present invention provides methods for quantitation of glycated protein in a biological sample using a solid support matrix by making a first bound protein measurement total bound protein under conditions where both glycated and non-glycated protein bind to the support in making a second bound protein measurement under conditions... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070190659 - Method for analyzing n-terminal protein adducts: Method for analyzing adducts in a fluid and/or a solid material suspected of containing the adducts by bringing the material in contact with an isothiocyanate reagent containing a fluorescent. The reagent do not have the isothiocyanate group directly bound to an unsubstituted phenyl or pentafluorophenyl group. A method for manufacturing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070190660 - Detection cell with controlled power dissipation: A voltage control circuitry for a detection cell (1) is described, whereby the detection cell (1) is adapted for determining an electrical property of a sample in a detection cell volume (2) of the detection cell (1). The voltage control circuitry comprises a power supply (5) adapted for providing a... Agent: Perman & Green

20070190661 - Method and device for recording microscopic images: The invention relates to a method and a device for recording high-resolution microscopic images of particles or organisms suspended in a liquid, wherein the suspension is introduced into a measuring cell, especially a flow cuvette, and the image of the suspension is recorded by an optical sensor, and wherein the... Agent: Venable LLP

20070190662 - Acoustic sensors and methods: Acoustic sensors, preferably surface acoustic wave sensors, and more preferably shear horizontal surface acoustic wave sensors that include soluble mixed with oligomers and/or polymers formed from such monomers), or multifunctional compounds, for example, that can function as either waveguide materials, immobilization materials for secondary capture agents (e.g., antibodies), or both.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070190663 - System and method for using polarized or hyperpolarized contrast agent to perform parallel magnetic resonance imaging of a sample: A system and method for performing parallel magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) with a polarizable or hyperpolarizable contrast agent are provided. The contrast agent may be provided in the form of a gas, a liquid, or a solid. The system may include a phased-array rigid coil with, e.g., a 24-channel phased-array... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070190664 - Method of detecting liquid residual quantity, failure detection device, liquid consuming apparatus, and liquid container: A method of detecting a liquid residual quantity in a liquid container, the liquid container including: a supply port through which a liquid is supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus; a liquid containing chamber that discharges the liquid stored therein through a liquid discharge port; a liquid detection chamber that... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070190665 - Biological material detection element, biological material detection method and apparatus, charged material moving apparatus: A biological material detection apparatus which detects a charged biological material such as a gene or protein contained in a sample liquid is disclosed. A biological material detection element includes a substrate, at least one first electrode formed on the substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes which are arrayed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070190666 - Apolipoprotein biopolymer markers indicative of insulin resistance: The instant invention involves the use of a combination of preparatory steps in conjunction with mass spectroscopy and time-of-flight detection procedures to maximize the diversity of biopolymers which are verifiable within a particular sample. The cohort of biopolymers verified within such a sample is then viewed with reference to their... Agent: Mchale And Slavin, P.A.

20070190667 - Diagnostic testing process and apparatus: A method and apparatus for use in a flow through assay process is disclosed. The method is characterised by a “pre-incubation step” in which the sample which is to be analysed, (typically for the presence of a particular protein), and a detection analyte (typically an antibody bound to colloidal gold... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070190668 - Homogeneous immunoassays for multiple allergens: A homogeneous immunoassay method and system for quantitative determination of total immunoglobulin E and specific antibody levels to a plurality of allergens, in which a relatively small sampling of blood is required. The method utilizes relatively small microparticles in aqueous suspension. The immunoassay procedure is an immunometric sandwich procedure preferably... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070184551 - Crystallization methods for laboratory cap and well: The invention relates to a device for molecular and macromolecular crystallization. More particularly, the device comprises a well and a transparent cap for growing diffraction-quality protein crystals by conventional vapor diffusion techniques. The present device is particularly advantageous in that it allows the pre-filling of the well with a solution... Agent: Roger H. Stein Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.

20070184552 - Apparatus and method for the detection of water in plants: A method and apparatus for determining moisture content in plants and portions of plants is provided. In one aspect, moisture can be determined by extracting water from a portion of a plant and reacting the resulting extract with an indicator to show qualitatively or quantitatively the presence of water in... Agent: Finch & Nguyen PLLC

20070184553 - Method of automatically regulating and measuring pressure during sampling and analysis of headspace gas: A method for automatically regulating and measuring pressure as volatile substances in headspace gas are sampled and then quantitatively or qualitatively analyzed is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the method comprises vials that are automatically sampled by a headspace sampling instrument; the static pressure of the vials is automatically measured... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070184554 - Biomarker of improved intestinal function: The invention disclosed herein demonstrates that that the adaptive process in the intestine can be tracked using plasma citrulline. It further demonstrates that plasma citrulline is of clinical utility as a biomarker for improvements in intestinal function.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070184555 - Chemical markers: A composition containing a petroleum hydrocarbon, a biodiesel fuel or an ethanol fuel, and an organic marker compound.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20070184556 - On-line monitoring method and device for a fossil fuel converter apparatus: An online monitoring method and device for a fossil fuel converter apparatus. The method monitors fuel compositions in real time by measuring operating data of the converter apparatus and comprises the following steps: determining reactant compositions and number of variables thereof; determining fuel compositions and number of variables thereof; determining... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070184557 - Optical sensor using functionalized composite materials: The invention relates to a method for sensing the presence of at least one analyte in a medium, comprising disposing in the medium a functionalized composite material such that the at least one analyte is absorbed by the functionalized composite material, the functionalized composite material having at least one optical... Agent: Stephen J. Scribner Parteq Innovations

20070184558 - Bovine pregnancy test: This invention provides bovine pregnancy test methods and devices. The test is also suitable for other ruminant and/or ungulate animals. Antigens from Group A (early pregnancy antigens), and/or Group B (mid-pregnancy antigens), and Group C (early, mid- and late pregnancy antigens) are detected in a fluid from the animal, and... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070184559 - Method and compounds for the fluorescent labelling of biomolecules and polymer particles: Hence the invention concerns a method which can be used to provide a fluorescent label on bioorganic molecules carrying amino groups such as amino acids, proteins, pharmaceutical agents, antibodies, amino group-modified nucleotides and also polymers and polymer particles carrying amino groups by means of a chemical (covalent) binding. The method... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070178597 - Reagent for immature leukocyte analysis and reagent kit: A reagent for analyzing immature leukocyte capable of analyzing accurately immature leukocyte such as myeloblast and immature granulocyte, and mature leukocyte, which reagent has broader allowable range of sample processing conditions than conventional ones, and a reagent kit are provided. The present invention relates to a reagent for analyzing immature... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070178595 - Spectroscopic ph measurement at high-temperature and/or high-pressure: Methods and apparatuses for high-temperature and high-pressure measurement of pH and/or alkalinity of a fluid is described.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070178596 - Method for automatic encrypted marking and identifying the liquids: The invention provides a method for automatic encrypted marking of liquids and for identifying liquids marked by using this method. For marking certain number of markers is selected and for every marker a random number is generated, which define the amount of a marker used. Based on the number of... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070178599 - Methods for drug discovery, disease treatment, and diagnosis using metabolomics: The small molecule profiles of cells are compared to identify small molecules which are modulated in altered states. Cellular small molecule libraries, methods of identifying tissue sources, methods for treating genetic and non-genetic diseases, and methods for predicting the efficacy of drugs are also discussed.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070178598 - Nmr measurement of clinically relevant ionized biosample constituents such as ionized calcium and/or magnesium: Methods, computer program products, NMR assays and automated/semi-automated systems measure concentrations of ionized calcium and/or magnesium or other metabolites in clinical biosamples using NMR data obtained from an NMR spectrometer, such as a clinical NMR Analyzer.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070178600 - Use of siloxane-based polymers or composites in chemical sensor for detecting nitrate compounds: R1 and R2=H, CN, C(Z)3, CH(Z)2, CH2Z with Z=halogen; NH2, NHR3, NR3R4 with R3, R4=halogen, CH3 or linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C2-C20 hydrocarbon chain, optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms and/or chemical functions comprising at least one heteroatom; at least one from among R1 and R2 being ≠H;... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070178601 - Method for precipitating nucleic acid with visible carrier: A suitable carrier molecule useful in a nucleic acid precipitation method is modified by coupling a suitable visualizable indicator molecule to the carrier molecule. The conjugated carrier facilitates nucleic acid precipitation because the presence and location of nucleic acid in a sample is readily observed and monitored.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070178602 - Method to be used in fluoresence microscopy: A method using fluorescence microscopy for image evaluation using a laser scanning microscope in which an at least partially spectrally resolved detection of the fluorescence spectrum occurs. Reference spectra are used for spectral demixing. Temporally and/or spectrally variable dyes and/or dye combinations are employed for recording of the reference spectra.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070178603 - Method of agitating solution: The method of stirring a solution according to the present invention is a method of stirring a solution comprising contacting a selective binding substance immobilized on the surface of a carrier with a solution containing an analyte substance reactive with the selective binding substance, and mixing the fine particles or... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070178604 - Multi-analyte diagnostic test for thyroid disorders: Immunological assays for several biological markers for thyroid disorders in a biological sample are performed in a single test with a combination of sandwich-type, sequential competitive, and serological assays by the use of particles classified into groups that are distinguishable by flow cytometry, one group for the assay of each... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070178605 - Pregnancy biomarker profiles, methods and compositions related thereto: The present invention provides methods and compositions related to biomarker profiles for each trimester of pregnancy. The present invention also provides methods for identifying patients at risk of developing a complication of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia. In further embodiments, the present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis of patients... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070178606 - Chromatography kit, examination container, and method for manufacturing the same: An chromatography kit is described, a representative one of which includes: an examination container one end of which has an inlet for receiving a sample, and an chromatography examination strip used by inserting from the inlet into the examination container wherein the examination container comprises a prevention part for preventing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070178607 - Microparticle-based methods and systems and applications thereof: Microparticle-based analytical methods, systems and applications are provided. Specifically, the use of resonant light scattering as an analytical method for determining either or both a particle's identity and the presence and optionally, the concentration of one or more particular target analytes is described. Applications of these microparticle-based methods in biological... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center