Patents by Inventor Doug Amorese

Doug Amorese has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11697843
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions and kits for the generation of bisulfite-converted next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for the production of libraries from genomic DNA that allow for determination of the methylation status across the genome, i.e. the methylome. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can also be utilized to query methylation status at a particular genomic locus or loci. Moreover, the methods provided herein can be employed for high-throughput sequencing of bisulfite-converted DNA while maintaining the directional (strandedness) information of the original nucleic acid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Tecan Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Schroeder, Doug Amorese
  • Patent number: 11028430
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions and kits for the generation of bisulfite-converted next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for the production of libraries from genomic DNA that allow for determination of the methylation status across the genome, i.e. the methylome. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can also be utilized to query methylation status at a particular genomic locus or loci. Moreover, the methods provided herein can be employed for high-throughput sequencing of bisulfite-converted DNA while maintaining the directional (strandedness) information of the original nucleic acid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NUGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Schroeder, Doug Amorese
  • Patent number: 10876108
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NUGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Chris Armour, Nurith Kurn
  • Patent number: 10760123
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods, compositions and kits for short read next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits of the present invention enable phasing of two or more nucleic acid sequences in a sample, i.e. determining whether the nucleic acid sequences (typically comprising regions of sequence variation) are located on the same chromosome and/or the same chromosomal fragment. Phasing information is obtained by performing multiple, successive sequencing reactions from the same immobilized nucleic acid template. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful, for example, for haplotyping, SNP phasing, or for determining downstream exons in RNA-seq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NUGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Benjamin G. Schroeder, Jonathan Scolnick
  • Patent number: 10619206
    Abstract: Described herein are improved methods, compositions and kits for next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits described herein enable phasing of two or more nucleic acid sequences in a sample, i.e. determining whether the nucleic acid sequences (which can comprise regions of sequence variation) are located on the same chromosome and/or the same chromosomal fragment. Phasing information can be obtained by performing multiple, successive sequencing reactions from the same immobilized nucleic acid template. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for haplotyping, SNP phasing, or for determining downstream exons in RNA-seq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Tecan Genomics
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Benjamin G. Schroeder, Jonathan Scolnick
  • Publication number: 20190119746
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for selective amplification of nucleic acids. The compositions include oligonucleotides with sequence features that allow simultaneous, parallel amplification of multiple targets from a mixture of nucleic acids in a single reaction. Methods of using such oligonucleotides to identify individual targets and create libraries of targets from mixtures of nucleic acids are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Benjamin G. Schroeder, Nurith Kurn, Ashesh Saraiya
  • Publication number: 20190078082
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Doug AMORESE, Chris ARMOUR, Nurith KURN
  • Patent number: 10036012
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NUGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Chris Armour, Nurith Kurn
  • Patent number: 9957549
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for the generation of next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries in which non-desired nucleic acid sequences have been depleted or substantially reduced. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful, for example, for the production of libraries from total RNA with reduced ribosomal RNA and for the reduction of common mRNA species in expression profiling from mixed samples where the mRNAs of interest are present at low levels. The methods of the invention can be employed for the elimination of non-desired nucleic acid sequences in a sequence-specific manner, and consequently, for the enrichment of nucleic acid sequences of interest in a nucleic acid library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NUGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Armour, Doug Amorese, Bin Li, Nurith Kurn
  • Publication number: 20180112264
    Abstract: Described herein are improved methods, compositions and kits for next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits described herein enable phasing of two or more nucleic acid sequences in a sample, i.e. determining whether the nucleic acid sequences (which can comprise regions of sequence variation) are located on the same chromosome and/or the same chromosomal fragment. Phasing information can be obtained by performing multiple, successive sequencing reactions from the same immobilized nucleic acid template. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for haplotyping, SNP phasing, or for determining downstream exons in RNA-seq.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Benjamin G. Schroeder, Jonathan Scolnick
  • Patent number: 9822408
    Abstract: Described herein are improved methods, compositions and kits for next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits described herein enable phasing of two or more nucleic acid sequences in a sample, i.e. determining whether the nucleic acid sequences (which can comprise regions of sequence variation) are located on the same chromosome and/or the same chromosomal fragment. Phasing information can be obtained by performing multiple, successive sequencing reactions from the same immobilized nucleic acid template. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for haplotyping, SNP phasing, or for determining downstream exons in RNA-seq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nugen Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Benjamin G. Schroeder, Jonathan Scolnick
  • Publication number: 20170298345
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Doug AMORESE, Chris ARMOUR, Nurith KURN
  • Patent number: 9650628
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: NUGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Chris Armour, Nurith Kurn
  • Publication number: 20160362680
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for the generation of next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries in which non-desired polynucleotides have been depleted or substantially reduced. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful, for example, for the production of libraries from total RNA with reduced ribosomal RNA and for the reduction of common mRNA species in expression profiling from mixed samples where the mRNAs of interest are present at low levels. The methods of the invention can be employed for the elimination of non-desired polynucleotides in a sequence-specific manner, and consequently, for the enrichment of nucleic acid sequences of interest in a nucleic acid library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Armour, Doug Amorese, Bin Li, Nurith Kurn
  • Publication number: 20160275240
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions, systems, and kits for pooling amplification primers. Such methods, compositions, systems, and kits can be useful for integrated analysis of multiple classes of genomic alterations in a single assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Stephanie HUELGA, Jonathan SCOLNICK, Doug AMORESE
  • Publication number: 20160265042
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions and kits for the generation of bisulfite-converted next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for the production of libraries from genomic DNA that allow for determination of the methylation status across the genome, i.e. the methylome. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can also be utilized to query methylation status at a particular genomic locus or loci. Moreover, the methods provided herein can be employed for high-throughput sequencing of bisulfite-converted DNA while maintaining the directional (strandedness) information of the original nucleic acid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Schroeder, Doug Amorese
  • Publication number: 20160251711
    Abstract: Described herein are improved methods, compositions and kits for next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits described herein enable phasing of two or more nucleic acid sequences in a sample, i.e. determining whether the nucleic acid sequences (which can comprise regions of sequence variation) are located on the same chromosome and/or the same chromosomal fragment. Phasing information can be obtained by performing multiple, successive sequencing reactions from the same immobilized nucleic acid template. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful, for example, for haplotyping, SNP phasing, or for determining downstream exons in RNA-seq.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Doug AMORESE, Benjamin G. SCHROEDER, Jonathan SCOLNICK
  • Publication number: 20160251712
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods, compositions and kits for short read next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits of the present invention enable phasing of two or more nucleic acid sequences in a sample, i.e. determining whether the nucleic acid sequences (typically comprising regions of sequence variation) are located on the same chromosome and/or the same chromosomal fragment. Phasing information is obtained by performing multiple, successive sequencing reactions from the same immobilized nucleic acid template. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful, for example, for haplotyping, SNP phasing, or for determining downstream exons in RNA-seq.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Benjamin G. Schroeder, Jonathan Scolnick
  • Publication number: 20160153039
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). The methods, compositions and kits provided herein can be useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Doug Amorese, Nurith Kurn, Jonathan Scolnick, Alexandra Hui Wang
  • Publication number: 20150299767
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for the generation of next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries in which non-desired nucleic acid sequences have been depleted or substantially reduced. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful, for example, for the production of libraries from total RNA with reduced ribosomal RNA and for the reduction of common mRNA species in expression profiling from mixed samples where the mRNAs of interest are present at low levels. The methods of the invention can be employed for the elimination of non-desired nucleic acid sequences in a sequence-specific manner, and consequently, for the enrichment of nucleic acid sequences of interest in a nucleic acid library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Armour, Doug Amorese, Bin Li, Nurith Kurn