Jerome C Swartz

US Patent:

6540138, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Dec 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/020767

Inventors:

James Hall - Cherry Hill NJ
Jerome Swartz - Old Field NY

Assignee:

Symbol Technologies, Inc. - Holtsville NY

International Classification:

G06K 700

US Classification:

235386, 235 51

Abstract:

A voting system wherein a voter identification card is provided to a voter having an optical code including voter identification information. The optical code on the voter identification card of a voter is read at a polling station prior to permitting said voter to vote and a digital signature is received from the voter. A handheld wireless data acquisition device is provided to the voter for making voting selections and a receipt with the voting selections made by said voter is printed. The voting selections are wirelessly transmitted from the handheld wireless data acquisition device to a host computer for tallying the voting selections from a plurality of voters.

US Patent:

6620628, Sep 16, 2003

Filed:

Mar 2, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/797817

Inventors:

Richard Sutton - Rochester NY
Susan Danielson - Honeoye Falls NY
Jerome Swartz - Rochester NY
Linda Mauck - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G01N 33545

US Classification:

436531, 436525, 436535, 436544, 436805, 436815, 436826

Abstract:

An assay element for analyzing a charged analyte employs an immobilized receptor and a material having a net charge which is the same as that of the analyte. In a preferred embodiment, the analyte is an aminoglycoside and the material is a polymer having a net positive charge.

US Patent:

55829880, Dec 10, 1996

Filed:

Sep 15, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/306870

Inventors:

John W. Backus - Williamson NY
Tobias E. Ekeze - Rochester NY
Jerome C. Swartz - Rochester NY
Richard C. Sutton - Rochester NY
Ignazio S. Ponticello - Pittsford NY
JoAnne H. Kerschner - Rochester NY
John B. Findlay - Webster NY

Assignee:

Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. - Rochester NY

International Classification:

C12Q 168
C12Q 170

US Classification:

435 6

Abstract:

Nucleic acids can be made available for amplification or other treatment after lysis by contacting the lysate with specific weakly basic polymers to form a precipitate with the nucleic acids at acidic pH. After removing non-precipitated materials, the pH is then made basic, thereby releasing the nucleic acids from the polymer. This method for preparing specimen samples is simple and quite rapid, and the released nucleic acids can be further treated in hybridization assays or amplification procedures. The weakly basic polymers are water-soluble and cationic at acidic pH, but neutral in charge at basic pH.

US Patent:

55233686, Jun 4, 1996

Filed:

May 5, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/435739

Inventors:

Ignazio S. Ponticello - Pittsford NY
Jerome C. Swartz - Rochester NY
Tobias E. Ekeze - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. - Rochester NY

International Classification:

C08F 2606
C08F22602
C08F22010

US Classification:

526258

Abstract:

Weakly basic ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers and polymers have been prepared. The monomers are represented by the structure (I): ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, and R. sup. 1 is alkylene of 1 to 3 carbon atoms. The resulting polymers are water-soluble and cationic at acidic pH, but water-insoluble and neutral in charge at basic pH. The polymers are useful for precipitating nucleic acids.

US Patent:

54342708, Jul 18, 1995

Filed:

Sep 15, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/306341

Inventors:

Ignazio S. Ponticello - Pittsford NY
Jerome C. Swartz - Rochester NY
Tobias E. Ekeze - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

C07D23370

US Classification:

5483381

Abstract:

Weakly basic ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers and polymers have been prepared. The monomers are represented by the structure (I): ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, and R. sup. 1 is alkylene of 1 to 3 carbon atoms. The resulting polymers are water-soluble and cationic at acidic pH, but water-insoluble and neutral in charge at basic pH. The polymers are useful for precipitating nucleic acids.