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Examiner: Houtteman, Scott W.


Primary examiner statistics: 263 patents; average approval time: 1125 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 56 patents; average approval time: 1047 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6613508 Methods and compositions for analyzing nucleic acid molecules uti...
6444428 Polymerase enhancing factor (PEF) extracts, PEF protein complexes...
6410225 Purification of oligomers
6395524 Thermostable polymerases having altered fidelity and method of id...
6379553 Polymerase enhancing factor (PEF) extracts, PEF protein complexes...
6355418 Chimeric oligonucleotides and uses thereof in the identification ...
6348574 Seven transmembrane receptors
6344316 Nucleic acid analysis techniques
6344554 Polynucleotide sequences from Candida albicans encoding polypepti...
6337188 De novo or "universal" sequencing array
6335440 Method for detecting oligonucleotides using energy transfer dyes ...
6335184 Linked linear amplification of nucleic acids
6333165 Methods for identifying polymerase enhancing factor (PEF)
6329146 Mass spectrometric methods for biomolecular screening
6326142 Quantitative detection of macromolecules with fluorescent oligonu...
6326487 3 modified oligonucleotide derivatives
6326485 Assay for perkinsus in shellfish
6322966 Viral specific requirements for self-priming RNA replication of h...
6322968 De novo or "universal" sequencing array
6322979 Molecular recognition at surfaces derivatized with self-assembled...
6322974 Mitochondrial DNA damage as a predictor of coronary atherosclerot...
6320039 Mammalian telomerase
6319670 Methods and apparatus for improved luminescence assays using micr...
6319674 Methods for attaching substances to surfaces
6316201 Apparatus and methods for sequencing nucleic acids in microfluidi...
6316612 Xylofuranosly-containing nucleoside phosphoramidites and polynucl...
6312575 Methods and devices for chromatographic pattern analysis employin...
6312897 Template-directed interference footprinting of protein-adenine co...
6312893 Methods and compositions for determining the sequence of nucleic ...
6312894 Hybridization and mismatch discrimination using oligonucleotides ...
6310179 2-or 3-dimensional geometric structures
6310198 Extremely high purity oligonucleotides and methods of synthesizin...
6306584 Electronic-property probing of biological molecules at surfaces
6303775 Polynucleotides labelled with asymmetric benzoxanthene dyes
6303303 Method and system for DNA sequence determination and mutation det...
6303312 Complex formation between dsDNA and oligomer of cyclic heterocycl...
6303317 Peptide probes and methods for making the same
6303295 Selenoproteins, coding sequences and methods
6300077 Methods for the detection of nucleic acids
6300066 Y chromosome specific nucleic acid probe and method for determini...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6020124 Detection of soluble gene sequences in biological fluids
5864032 Phosphoramidite derivatives, their preparation and the use thereo...
5840482 Y chromosome specific nucleic acid probe and method for determini...
5667973 System to detect protein-protein interactions
5652356 Inverted chimeric and hybrid oligonucleotides
5620843 Non-A non-B sequences
5601977 Enzyme-catalyzed chemiluminescent detection of proteins and nucle...
5595876 In situ extraction of microbial DNA
5595875 Method for detection of an analyte using acridinium ester and lip...
5591838 Detection of conversion to mucoidy in pseudomonas aeruginosa infe...
5589335 Hybridization promotion reagents
5589585 DNA fragments, probes and amplification primers of the 65 kD anti...
5582984 Methods of use of phenanthridium DNA intercalators for fluorescen...
5569587 Method for labeling and detecting materials employing luminescent...
5567811 Phosphoramidite derivatives, their preparation and the use thereo...
5558991 DNA sequencing method using acyclonucleoside triphosphates
5547859 Chain-terminating nucleotides for DNA sequencing methods
5547839 Sequencing of surface immobilized polymers utilizing microfloures...
5545520 Nucleic acid fragments and diagnostic reagents derived from the H...
5538847 Chemiluminescent 1,2-dioxetanes
5532348 E6 associated protein and methods of use thereof
5525468 Assay for Ribozyme target site
5512446 Labeled complex
5502177 Pyrimidine derivatives for labeled binding partners
5496699 Detection of allele - specific mutagens
5495006 Antiviral polynucleotide conjugates
5495009 Oligonucleotide analogs containing thioformacetal linkages
5493012 Ion triggered alkylation of biological targets by silyloxy aromat...
5487993 Direct cloning of PCR amplified nucleic acids
5487969 Method of detection of herpes B virus
5487970 Compositions and methods for detecting gene rearrangements and ...
5484909 Nucleic acid probes for the detection of bacteria of the genera ...
5480803 Apparatus for treating analytes
5478896 Thermoplastic molding composition
5476929 Structural gene of pneumococcal protein
5470724 Boomerang DNA amplification
5468852 Oligonucleotides for detecting bacteria
5468614 System to detect protein-protein interactions
5466577 Nucleic acid probes for the detection of Lyme disease spirochetes
5464746 Haptens, tracers, immunogens and antibodies for carbazole and ...
 
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