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IEH Patents and Applications

Patent Number 8,911,990: Food sample collector

Patent Number 9,957,475: Microbial sampling device

Patent Application US 20250067633: Surface Sampling Device and Methods

Patent Number 7,531,163: Enrichment methods for the detection of pathogens and other microbes

Patent Number 7,534,584: Modular compositing-multiple lot screening protocols for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents

Patent Number 7,919,232: Advanced pathogen testing and carcass-certification methods for slaughter operations

Patent Number 8,389,233: Modular compositing-multiple lot screening protocols for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents

Patent Number 8,603,735: Advanced pathogen testing and carcass-certification methods for slaughter operations

Patent Number 8,822,143: Modular compositing-multiple lot screening protocols for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents

Patent Number 8,956,826:  Trend analysis and statistical process control using multitargeted screening assays

Patent Number 9,340,817: Methods of making recombinant phage, compositions and articles of manufacture of same for bacterial detection

Patent Number 9,637,771: Modular compositing-multiple lot screening protocols for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents

Patent Number 9,828,625:  Phage-based bacterial detection assay

Patent Number 9,845,486: Enrichment methods for the detection of pathogens and other microbes

Patent Number 10,039,795:  Codon optimized recombinant phage and methods of using same

Patent Number 10,273,460: Recombinant phage for Listeria detection

Patent Number 20230089107: Incubator for enrichment during transport

Patent Application WO 2024/050269: Enumerating microorganisms using gelable, cold water-soluble media

Patent Number 20240241144: Automated microbiological laboratory for quantitative microbiology using in SITU assembled culture devices

Patent Number 20240240227: Automated microbiological laboratory for quantitative and qualitative microbiology

Patent Application WO 2025/049981: Variably deamidated gluten polypeptides and antibodies against same

Patent Application 20060000257: System and method for proactive health and environmental management and assessment

Patent Application 20120237967: Method for microbiological testing

Patent Application 20130260411: Modular compositing screening protocols

Patent Application 20140342362: Compositions, kits, and related methods for detecting and/or monitoring Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli 

Patent Application 20150125853: Trend analysis and statistical process control using multitargeted screening assays 

Patent Application 20180016617: Modular compositing-multiple lot screening protocols for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents

Patent Application 20200340993:  Method for confirming the presence of an analyte

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