Method and apparatus to synthesize DNA and DNA-like molecular structures by applying electric fields to gaseous mixtures of chemical reactants containing template particulate matter

• US 6,057,424 A
• Filed: 03/24/1997
• Issued: 05/02/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William Banning Vail, III
• Original Assignee: William Banning Vail, III
• Inventors: Vail, William Banning III
• Primary Examiner(s): Marschel, Ardin H.
• Application Number:
  US08/840,124
• Time in Patent Office: 1,135 Days
• Field of Search: 435/6, 435/91.1, 435/91.5, 435/810, 436/501, 536/22.1, 536/23.1, 536/24.1, 536/24.3-24.33, 536/25.3, 530/300, 530/350, 530/333, 530/338, 935/88
• US Class Current: 530/333
• CPC Class Codes: C12P 19/34 Polynucleotides, e.g. nucleic acids, oligoribonucleotides
• CPC Class Codes: C12P 21/00 Preparation of peptides or proteins single cell protein C12N1/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 977/92 Detection of biochemical
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 977/924 using nanostructure as support of dna analysis
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 977/925 Bioelectrical

Abstract

The methods to synthesize these chemicals in a laboratory are theorized to be related to natural processes that resulted in the creation of primordial life in the early atmosphere of Earth. The theory of the origin of primordial life in the Earth'"'"'s early atmosphere is derived from an earlier U.S. Disclosure Document entitled "Method and Apparatus to Create Primordial Life from Inanimate Materials" that is substantially repeated in the application.

Claims

1. The method to synthesize DNA and DNA-like molecular structures comprising at least the following steps:

(a) mix predetermined nucleotides and template particulate matter together in a gaseous medium to form a gaseous mixture;

(b) apply an electric field to said gaseous mixture to form the reaction products that include DNA and DNA-like molecular structures.

2. The method to synthesize proteins comprising at least the following steps:

(a) mix predetermined amino acids and template particulate matter together in a gaseous medium to form a gaseous mixture;

(b) apply an electric field to said gaseous mixture to form the reaction products within said gaseous mixture that include proteins.

3. The method to synthesize DNA and DNA-like molecular structures comprising at least the following steps:

(a) mix predetermined nucleotides as the initial chemical reactants and template particulate matter as the catalysts together in a gaseous medium to form a gaseous mixture;

(b) apply an electric field to said gaseous mixture to form the reaction products that include DNA and DNA-like molecular structures;

whereby the intensity of said field is less than a threshold value to cause electrical breakdown in said gaseous mixture.

4. The method to synthesize proteins comprising at least the following steps:

(a) mix predetermined amino acids as the initial chemical reactants and template particulate matter as the catalysts together in a gaseous medium to form a gaseous mixture;

(b) apply an electric field to said gaseous mixture to form the reaction products that include proteins;

whereby the intensity of said field is less than a threshold value to cause electrical breakdown in said gaseous mixture.