Patents by Inventor Kurt M. Selle

Kurt M. Selle 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).

  • Methods for Screening Bacteria, Archaea, Algae, and Yeast Using CRISPR Nucleic Acids
    Publication number: 20220228154
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of CRISPR nucleic acids to screen for essential and non-essential genes and expendable genomic islands in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to kill bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to identify the phenotype of a gene or genes, and/or to screen for reduced genome size and/or a gene deletion in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle
  • Methods for screening bacteria, archaea, algae, and yeast using CRISPR nucleic acids
    Patent number: 11261451
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of CRISPR nucleic acids to screen for essential and non-essential genes and expendable genomic islands in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to kill bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to identify the phenotype of a gene or genes, and/or to screen for reduced genome size and/or a gene deletion in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SEQUENCES GUIDING CAS9 TARGETING
    Publication number: 20210017507
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for genome editing and DNA targeting of proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle, Alexandra Briner Crawley
  • Methods and compositions for sequence guiding Cas9 targeting
    Patent number: 10787654
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for genome editing and DNA targeting of proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle, Alexandra E. Briner
  • METHODS FOR SCREENING BACTERIA, ARCHAEA, ALGAE, AND YEAST USING CRISPR NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20190021343
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of CRISPR nucleic acids to screen for essential and non-essential genes and expendable genomic islands in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to kill bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to identify the phenotype of a gene or genes, and/or to screen for reduced genome size and/or a gene deletion in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle
  • Methods for screening bacteria, archaea, algae, and yeast using CRISPR nucleic acids
    Patent number: 10136649
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of CRISPR nucleic acids to screen for essential and non-essential genes and expendable genomic islands in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to kill bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to identify the phenotype of a gene or genes, and/or to screen for reduced genome size and/or a gene deletion in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle
  • Methods and Compositions for Sequences Guiding Cas9 Targeting
    Publication number: 20170002339
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for genome editing and DNA targeting of proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Rodolphe BARRANGOU, Kurt M. SELLE, Alexandra E. BRINER
  • METHODS FOR SCREENING BACTERIA, ARCHAEA, ALGAE, AND YEAST USING CRISPR NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20160345578
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of CRISPR nucleic acids to screen for essential and non-essential genes and expendable genomic islands in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to kill bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to identify the phenotype of a gene or genes, and/or to screen for reduced genome size and/or a gene deletion in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Rodolphe Barrangou, Kurt M. Selle