Patents by Inventor Jason Bell

Jason Bell 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).

  • Publication number: 20220170075
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions, and systems for transposon loading. Transposons are loaded with nucleic acid molecules, allowing for transposition reactions of cellular nucleic acids. The present invention may improve transposon loading, yield of productive fragments, while minimizing potential nucleic acid fragment loss or cross-contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Zahra Kamila Belhocine, Jason Bell
  • Publication number: 20220145370
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions, and systems for processing nucleic acids from individual cells or cell populations. Cells are co-partitioned and processed, allowing for analysis of a variety of types of RNA from cells while minimizing ribosomal RNA species. The present invention enables high-throughput measurement of full length RNA from single cells with a streamlined workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Luigi Jhon Alvarado Martinez, Eswar Prasad Ramachandran Iyer, Jason Bell
  • Patent number: 11242012
    Abstract: A cell phone holder for use with an automotive seatbelt. The device is to be attached to a seatbelt strap using a hook and loop fastener, a magnet or two-sided tape attachment methods. Magnets of the device hold a cell phone in place while in use. A magnetic plate with an adhesive side is provided to be attached to a back end of the mobile device. The magnetic plate is then received by the holder to facilitate a secure attachment. The holder may be provided in several embodiments, one embodiment may include a holder having a slit that is then mounted onto the seatbelt. Another embodiment may be provided as a foldable holder that folds over the seatbelt and is then secured through a provided fastener. Yet another embodiment may include a holder having butterfly clutch clips on a back end to be attached to the seatbelt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Jason Bell
  • Publication number: 20210372998
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and antigen screening. Polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications. Antigen screening may comprise the use of one or more engineered cells. Engineered cells may be useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, a polypeptide antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Zahra Kamila Belhocine, Jason Bell, Zachary Bent, Rajiv Bharadwaj, Christopher Hindson, Mohammad Rahimi Lenji, Bill Kengli Lin, Anthony Makarewicz, Geoffrey McDermott, Elliott Meer, Francesca Meschi, Tarjei Sigurd Mikkelsen, Christopher Joachim O'Keeffe, Katherine Pfeiffer, Andrew D. Price, Paul Ryvkin, Michael Schnall-Levin, Sarah Taylor, Jessica Michele Terry, Tobias Daniel Wheeler, Yifeng Yin, Xinying Zheng, Solongo Batjargal Ziraldo, Eswar Prasad Ramachandran Iyer, Luigi Jhon Alvarado Martinez
  • Publication number: 20210364502
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and kits for processing nucleic acid molecules. A method may comprise providing a template nucleic acid fragment (e.g., within a cell, cell bead, or cell nucleus) within a partition (e.g., a droplet or well) and subjecting the template nucleic acid fragment to one or more processes including a barcoding process and a single primer extension or amplification process. The processed template nucleic acid fragment may then be recovered from the partition and subjected to further amplification to provide material for subsequent sequencing analysis. The methods provided herein may permit simultaneous processing and analysis of both DNA and RNA molecules originating from the same cell, cell bead, or cell nucleus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Zahra Kamila Belhocine, Jason Bell, Jerald Sapida, Katrina Sullivan-Bibee
  • Publication number: 20210346845
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for separating starch from processing solutions containing starch containing plants or roots such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, corn, tapioca, yams, cassaya, sago, rice, pea, broad bean, horse bean, sorghum, konjac, rye, buckwheat and barley to provide commercially acceptable starch while reducing disposal of solid or liquid waste matter into landfills or water treatment facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Bell, Mark Vander Hoff, Todd Benson, Marc Pugh, Joseph Peters
  • Publication number: 20210270818
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization from a single cell. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins) and chromatin (e.g., accessible chromatin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Bell, Francesca Meschi, Geoffrey McDermott, Michael Schnall-Levin, Xinying Zheng
  • Patent number: 11103582
    Abstract: Materials and methods for treating a patient to express a therapeutic agent comprising administering a Kupffer cell-suppressing substance in combination with a vehicle for introducing, into the patient, an exogenous nucleic acid comprising a sequence for expression of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: IMMUSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: R. Scott McIvor, Perry B. Hackett, Jason Bell, Myra Christine Urness-Rusten, Elena Aronovich, David W. Hunter
  • Patent number: 11065581
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for separating starch from processing solutions containing starch containing plants or roots such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, corn, tapioca, yams, cassaya, sago, rice, pea, broad bean, horse bean, sorghum, konjac, rye, buckwheat and barley to provide commercially acceptable starch while reducing disposal of solid or liquid waste matter into landfills or water treatment facilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SMARTFLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Bell, Mark Vander Hoff, Todd Benson, Marc Pugh, Joseph Peters
  • Publication number: 20210205760
    Abstract: A filtration cassette including a multilaminate array of sheets including filter sheets alternating with permeate sheet members and retentate sheet members, and a cross-flow filter device comprising a multiplicity of stacked filtration cassettes of such type. The improvements associated with the filtration cassettes described herein include, but are not limited to, at least one of: reinforced inlet(s) providing for longevity and improved cleanability of the cassettes; spacer permeate screens to limit throughput restriction; stainless steel or otherwise stiffened permeate sheets to prevent movement and increase flux; and stainless steel permeate sheets that can be used with ultrasonic transmission to minimize fouling of the filter sheets and extend cleaning cycles. Advantageously, the filtration cassettes are more resistant to higher temperatures than the filtration cassettes of the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Todd BENSON, Marc PUGH, Jason BELL, Mark VANDER HOFF, Kelly JOHNSON, Jonathan BARTH, Bradford EAST, Cameron Gunter, Max PRENDERGAST
  • Publication number: 20210155559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to separation methods and systems for converting high concentrations of animal wastes into useful products, wherein the separation of the desired useful products is conducted with a cross-flow filtration system having the ability to the separate desired useful energy and/or products from both viscous and non-viscous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Mark VANDER HOFF, Todd BENSON, Marc PUGH, Jason BELL
  • Patent number: 10987631
    Abstract: A filtration cassette including a multilaminate array of sheets including filter sheets alternating with permeate sheet members and retentate sheet members, and a cross-flow filter device comprising a multiplicity of stacked filtration cassettes of such type. The improvements associated with the filtration cassettes described herein include, but are not limited to, at least one of: reinforced inlet(s) providing for longevity and improved cleanability of the cassettes; spacer permeate screens to limit throughput restriction; stainless steel or otherwise stiffened permeate sheets to prevent movement and increase flux; and stainless steel permeate sheets that can be used with ultrasonic transmission to minimize fouling of the filter sheets and extend cleaning cycles. Advantageously, the filtration cassettes are more resistant to higher temperatures than the filtration cassettes of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SMARTFLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Benson, Marc Pugh, Jason Bell, Mark Vander Hoff, Kelly Johnson, Jonathan Barth, Bradford East, Cameron Gunter, Max Prendergast
  • Publication number: 20210113966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to separation of desired target products from biological, plant, and waste-type material, wherein the desired target products include renewable fuels such as ethanol, biobutanol, and biodiesel, wherein the separation is conducted with a cross-flow filtration system having the ability to separate desired products from both non-viscous and viscous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Todd Benson, Kim Davis, Jason Bell, James Kacmar
  • Publication number: 20210102936
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization from a single cell. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins) and chromatin (e.g., accessible chromatin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Zahra Kamila Belhocine, Jason Bell, Zachary Bent, Rajiv Bharadwaj, Christopher Hindson, Mohammad Rahimi Lenji, Bill Lin, Anthony Makarewicz, Geoffrey McDermott, Elliott Meer, Francesca Meschi, Tarjei Sigurd Mikkelsen, Christopher Joachim O'Keeffe, Katherine Pfeiffer, Andrew D. Price, Paul Ryvkin, Michael Schnall-Levin, Sarah Taylor, Jessica Michele Terry, Tobias Daniel Wheeler, Yifeng Yin, Xinying Zheng, Solongo Batjargal Ziraldo, Eswar Prasad Ramachandran Iyer, Luigi Jhon Alvarado Martinez
  • Patent number: 10934222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to separation methods and systems for converting high concentrations of animal wastes into useful products, wherein the separation of the desired useful products is conducted with a cross-flow filtration system having the ability to the separate desired useful energy and/or products from both viscous and non-viscous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SMARTFLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Vander Hoff, Todd Benson, Marc Pugh, Jason Bell
  • Patent number: 10894232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to separation of desired target products from biological, plant, and waste-type material, wherein the desired target products include renewable fuels such as ethanol, biobutanol, and biodiesel, wherein the separation is conducted with a cross-flow filtration system having the ability to separate desired products from both non-viscous and viscous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SMARTFLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Benson, Kim Davis, Jason Bell, James Kacmar
  • Publication number: 20200291454
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and kits for processing nucleic acid molecules. A method may comprise providing a template nucleic acid fragment (e.g., within a cell, cell bead, or cell nucleus) within a partition (e.g., a droplet or well) and subjecting the template nucleic acid fragment to one or more processes including a barcoding process and a single primer extension or amplification process. The processed template nucleic acid fragment may then be recovered from the partition and subjected to further amplification to provide material for subsequent sequencing analysis. The methods provided herein may permit simultaneous processing and analysis of both DNA and RNA molecules originating from the same cell, cell bead, or cell nucleus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Zahra Kamila Belhocine, Jason Bell, Jerald Sapida, Katrina Sullivan-Bibee
  • Publication number: 20200263232
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to minimize barcode exchange during the preparation of barcoded next-generation sequencing libraries prepared from a single cell. The methods utilize oligonucleotides containing a 3?-terminated blocking group or sequences that prevent amplification or extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Bell, Josephine Lee, Corey Nemec, Francesca Meschi
  • Patent number: 10725027
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization from a single cell. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins) and chromatin (e.g., accessible chromatin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Bell, Geoffrey McDermott, Francesca Meschi, Michael Schnall-Levin, Xinying Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200056223
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for cellular analysis. Nucleic acid from single cells may be processed in one or more partitions. A partition may comprise a cell bead and one or more enzymes for nucleic acid processing. A partition may comprise a functionalized polymer. In some cases, single cells may be subjected to epigenetic analysis, thereby generating an epigenetic profile for each cell from a plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Jason Bell