Patents by Inventor Eileen Spindler

Eileen Spindler 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: 11965154
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modules, instruments and methods to enrich for cells edited via nucleic acid-guided nuclease editing of live cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Eileen Spindler, Isaac Wagner, Clint Davis, Julia Swavola, Phillip Belgrader
  • Patent number: 11891609
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing observed editing rates in the surviving bacteria cells. The compositions and methods presented herein in combination lead to a phenomenon of “edit or die.” Although less cells survive plating and editing, a large percentage of cells that do survive are multiple editors. In one experiment it was found that if a cell survives transformation, plating, and editing, 75% of the surviving cells are multiple editors; that is, 75% of the surviving cells were simultaneously edited with edits at two or more different locations within the bacterial genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler, Charles Johnson, Clint Davis
  • Publication number: 20230295643
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated multi-module instrumentation and automated methods for performing recursive editing of live cells with curing of editing vectors from prior rounds of editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Tian TIAN, Eileen SPINDLER
  • Patent number: 11685889
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated modules and instruments for improved detection of nuclease genome editing of live cells. The disclosure provides improved modules—including high throughput modules—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying and selecting cells that have been properly edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: INSCRIPTA, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Garst, Richard Fox, Eileen Spindler, Amy Hiddessen, Phillip Belgrader, Don Masquelier, Bruce Chabansky, Michael Graige
  • Publication number: 20230183683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions of matter, methods, modules and automated multi-module instrumentation for performing editing of live cells followed by curing of editing and engine vectors from prior rounds of editing, followed by curing of the curing vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian TIAN, Eileen SPINDLER, Clint DAVIS, Charles JOHNSON, Andrew GARST
  • Patent number: 11634719
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated multi-module instrumentation and automated methods for performing recursive editing of live cells with curing of editing vectors from prior rounds of editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler
  • Publication number: 20230112702
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and automated multi-module cell processing instruments for modulation of gene utilizing nuclease-mediated systems, and in particular, inactive (“dead”) nuclease-mediated CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian TIAN, Patrick WESTFALL, Eileen SPINDLER, Juhan KIM
  • Publication number: 20220389461
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated multi-module instruments, compositions and methods for performing nucleic acid-guided nuclease editing; specifically, methods, instruments, systems, and nucleic acids synthetic cassettes that improve the efficiency of gene editing using CRISPR enzymes in diploid cells—either on both chromosomes or selectively in one chromosome—without incurring loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and its often deleterious effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Randy Lacey, Bryan Leland, Eileen Spindler, Patrick Westfall, Skylar Stefani, Catherine Baranowski
  • Publication number: 20220259543
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated modules and instruments for improved detection of nuclease genome editing of live cells. The disclosure provides improved modules—including high throughput modules—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying and selecting cells that have been properly edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Garst, Richard Fox, Eileen Spindler, Amy Hiddessen, Phillip Belgrader, Don Masquelier, Bruce Chabansky, Michael Graige
  • Patent number: 11408013
    Abstract: This invention relates to metabolically engineered microorganism strains, such as bacterial strains, in which there is an increased utilization of malonyl-CoA for production of a fatty acid or fatty acid derived product, wherein the modified microorganism produces fatty acyl-CoA intermediates via a malonyl-CoA dependent but malonyl-ACP independent mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Lynch, Michael Louie, Shelley Copley, Eileen Spindler, Brittany Robinson, Matthew Lipscomb, Tanya Lipscomb-Warnecke, Hans Liao, David Hogsett, Ron Evans
  • Publication number: 20220246235
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to creating cassette designs for nucleic acid-guided nuclease editing. In designing editing cassettes, a set of edit specifications must first be obtained. These edit specifications are taken together with a set of configuration parameters to start a computational pipeline that generates a collection of cassette designs. The process of designing editing cassettes involves the following exemplary steps: 1) creation of a set of candidate cassette designs for each unique edit specification, 2) enumeration of features describing biophysical characteristics of each candidate design, 3) providing each candidate design with a score, and 4) returning a number of scored and rank-ordered candidate cassette designs for each edit specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea HALWEG-EDWARDS, Joshua SHORENSTEIN, Andrew GARST, Craig STRUBLE, Miles GANDER, Juhan KIM, Bryan LELAND, Eileen SPINDLER, Paul HARDENBOL, Aaron BROOKS, Eric ABBATE
  • Publication number: 20220195443
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated multi-module instrumentation and automated methods for performing recursive editing of live cells with curing of editing vectors from prior rounds of editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler
  • Patent number: 11365383
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated modules and instruments for improved detection of nuclease genome editing of live cells. The disclosure provides improved modules—including high throughput modules—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying and selecting cells that have been properly edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Eileen Spindler, Amy Hiddessen, Andrew Garst, Michael Graige, Richard Fox, Phillip Belgrader, Don Masquelier, Bruce Chabansky
  • Publication number: 20220177899
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing observed editing rates in the surviving bacteria cells. The compositions and methods presented herein in combination lead to a phenomenon of “edit or die.” Although less cells survive plating and editing, a large percentage of cells that do survive are multiple editors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler, Charles Johnson, Clint Davis
  • Publication number: 20220177826
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated modules and instruments for improved detection of nuclease genome editing of live cells. The disclosure provides improved modules—including high throughput modules—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying and selecting cells that have been properly edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Eileen Spindler, Amy Hiddessen, Andrew Garst, Michael Graige, Richard Fox, Phillip Belgrader, Don Masquelier, Bruce Chabansky
  • Patent number: 11319542
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing observed editing rates in the surviving bacteria cells. The compositions and methods presented herein in combination lead to a phenomenon of “edit or die.” Although less cells survive plating and editing, a large percentage of cells that do survive are multiple editors. In one experiment it was found that if a cell survives transformation, plating, and editing, 75% of the surviving cells are multiple editors; that is, 75% of the surviving cells were simultaneously edited with edits at two or more different locations within the bacterial genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler, Charles Johnson, Clint Davis
  • Publication number: 20220081693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing observed editing rates in the surviving bacteria cells. The compositions and methods presented herein in combination lead to a phenomenon of “edit or die.” Although less cells survive plating and editing, a large percentage of cells that do survive are multiple editors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler, Charles Johnson, Clint Davis
  • Patent number: 11268061
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated modules and instruments for improved detection of nuclease genome editing of live cells. The disclosure provides improved modules—including high throughput modules—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying and selecting cells that have been properly edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Garst, Michael Graige, Richard Fox, Eileen Spindler, Amy Hiddessen, Phillip Belgrader, Don Masquelier, Bruce Chabansky
  • Patent number: 11254942
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated multi-module instrumentation and automated methods for performing recursive editing of live cells with curing of editing vectors from prior rounds of editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Charles Johnson, Eileen Spindler
  • Publication number: 20220025359
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions of matter, methods, modules and automated multi-module instrumentation for performing editing of live cells followed by curing of editing and engine vectors from prior rounds of editing, followed by curing of the curing vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler, Clint Davis, Charles Johnson, Andrew Garst