Patents by Inventor Shaorong Chong

Shaorong Chong 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: 20240141388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant polypeptides, methods of preparing the variant polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant polypeptides, compositions and cells comprising the variant polypeptides, and methods of using the variant polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising the variant polypeptides, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Wei-Cheng Lu, Brendan Jay Hilbert, Quinton Norman Wessells, Lauren E. Alfonse, Anthony James Garrity
  • Patent number: 11946045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant polypeptides, methods of preparing the variant polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant polypeptides, compositions and cells comprising the variant polypeptides, and methods of using the variant polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising the variant polypeptides, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Wei-Cheng Lu, Brendan Jay Hilbert, Quinton Norman Wessells, Lauren E. Alfonse, Anthony James Garrity
  • Patent number: 11912992
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids such as DNA. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ARBOR BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Winston X Yan, David A. Scott, David R. Cheng, Pratyusha Hunnewell
  • Publication number: 20240035010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant polypeptides, methods of preparing the variant polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant polypeptides, compositions and cells comprising the variant polypeptides, and methods of using the variant polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising the variant polypeptides, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Lauren E. Alfonse, Shaorong Chong, Anthony James Garrity, Brendan Jay Hilbert, Quinton Norman Wessells
  • Publication number: 20240011004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant CRISPR nuclease polypeptides, methods of preparing the variant CRISPR nuclease polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant CRISPR nuclease polypeptides, compositions and cells comprising the variant CRISPR nuclease polypeptides, and methods of using the variant CRISPR nuclease polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising a variant CRISPR nuclease polypeptide, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shaorong CHONG, Brendan Jay HILBERT, Victor Mikhailovich GUZOV, Austin McCarty JONES
  • Patent number: 11866746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, methods of producing the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, cells comprising the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, and methods of using the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising a variant Cas12i4 polypeptide and an RNA guide, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ARBOR BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Wei-Cheng Lu, Brendan Jay Hilbert, Quinton Norman Wessells, Tia Marie Ditommaso, Anthony James Garrity
  • Publication number: 20230332119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant Cas12i2 polypeptides, methods of producing the variant Cas12i2 polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant Cas12i2 polypeptides, cells comprising the variant Cas12i2 polypeptides, and methods of using the variant Cas12i2 polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising the variant Cas12i2 polypeptides, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shaorong CHONG, Brendan Jay HILBERT, Quinton Norman WESSELLS, Noah Michael JAKIMO, Roy ZIBLAT, Jason Michael CARTE, Tia Marie DITOMMASO, Jeffrey Raymond HASWELL, Anthony James GARRITY, Colin Alexander MCGAW, David A. SCOTT, Derek Michael CERCHIONE
  • Publication number: 20230295589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, methods of producing the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, cells comprising the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides, and methods of using the variant Cas12i4 polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising a variant Cas12i4 polypeptide and an RNA guide, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shaorong CHONG, Wei-Cheng LU, Brendan Jay HILBERT, Quinton Norman WESSELLS, Tia Marie DITOMMASO, Anthony James GARRITY
  • Publication number: 20230287403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant polypeptides, methods of preparing the variant polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant polypeptides, compositions and cells comprising the variant polypeptides, and methods of using the variant polypeptides. The invention further relates to complexes comprising the variant polypeptides, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shaorong CHONG, Wei-Cheng LU, Brendan Jay HILBERT, Quinton Norman WESSELLS, Lauren E. ALFONSE, Anthony James GARRITY
  • Publication number: 20230235304
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to variant polypeptides, methods of preparing the variant polypeptides, processes for characterizing the variant polypeptides, compositions and cells comprising the variant polypeptides, and methods of using the variant polypeptides. The disclosure further relates to complexes comprising the variant polypeptides, methods of producing the complexes, processes for characterizing the complexes, cells comprising the complexes, and methods of using the complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Quinton Norman Wessells, Roy Ziblat, Noah Michael Jakimo, Anthony James Garrity, Lauren E. Alfonse
  • Publication number: 20230235305
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cells modified by a Cas12i polypeptide, methods of modifying the cells, processes for characterizing the modified cells, compositions and formulations comprising the modified cells, and uses of the compositions and formulations comprising the modified cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Noah Michael JAKIMO, Quinton Norman WESSELLS, Tia Marie DITOMMASO, Jeffrey Raymond HASWELL, Anthony James GARRITY, Jason Michael CARTE, Colin Alexander MCGAW, Shaorong CHONG, David A. SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20230183688
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids such as DNA. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Winston X. Yan, David A. Scott, David R. Cheng, Pratyusha Hunnewell
  • Publication number: 20220275352
    Abstract: A bacteriophage RNA polymerase variant is provided. In some embodiments, the variant may have increased thermostability relative to the corresponding wild type bacteriophage RNA polymerase and/or wild type T7 RNA polymerase. Compositions, kits and methods that employ the variant are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ong, Vladimir Potapov, Kuo-Chan Hung, Haruichi Asahara, Shaorong Chong, George Tzertzinis
  • Patent number: 11359184
    Abstract: A bacteriophage RNA polymerase variant is provided. In some embodiments, the variant may have increased thermostability relative to the corresponding wild type bacteriophage RNA polymerase and/or wild type T7 RNA polymerase. Compositions, kits and methods that employ the variant are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ong, Vladimir Potapov, Kuo-Chan Hung, Haruichi Asahara, Shaorong Chong, George Tzertzinis
  • Publication number: 20220127603
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of a nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: David R. CHENG, David A. SCOTT, Winston X. YAN, Shaorong CHONG
  • Publication number: 20220098579
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids such as DNA. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Winston X. Yan, David A. Scott, David R. Cheng, Pratyusha Hunnewell
  • Publication number: 20220049273
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR-Cas systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids such as DNA. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: David R. Cheng, David A. Scott, Winston X. Yan, Jason Carte, Elise Keston-Smith, Pratyusha Hunnewell, Shaorong Chong
  • Patent number: 11168322
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of a nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Cheng, David A. Scott, Winston X. Yan, Shaorong Chong
  • Patent number: 11168324
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids such as DNA. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ARBOR BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shaorong Chong, Winston X. Yan, David A. Scott, David R. Cheng, Pratyusha Hunnewell
  • Publication number: 20210139890
    Abstract: The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of a nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: David R. CHENG, David A. SCOTT, Winston X. YAN, Shaorong CHONG