Patents by Inventor Shea Gardner

Shea Gardner 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).

  • BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE TARGET CLASSIFICATION, DETECTION AND SELECTION METHODS, AND RELATED ARRAYS AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES
    Publication number: 20130267429
    Abstract: Biological sample target classification, detection and selection methods are described, together with related arrays and oligonucleotide probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Shea GARDNER, Crystal J. JAING, Kevin MCLOUGHLIN, Thomas SLEZAK, James B. THISSEN, Marisa Wailam TORRES
  • Multiplex detection of agricultural pathogens
    Patent number: 8354514
    Abstract: Described are kits and methods useful for detection of agricultural pathogens in a sample. Genomic sequence information from agricultural pathogens was analyzed to identify signature sequences, e.g., polynucleotide sequences useful for confirming the presence or absence of a pathogen in a sample. Primer and probe sets were designed and optimized for use in a PCR based, multiplexed Luminex assay and/or an array assay to successfully identify the presence or absence of pathogens in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Siezak, Shea Gardner, Clinton Torres, Elizabeth Vitalis, Raymond J. Lenhoff
  • Multiplex Detection Of Agricultural Pathogens
    Publication number: 20110070586
    Abstract: Described are kits and methods useful for detection of agricultural pathogens in a sample. Genomic sequence information from agricultural pathogens was analyzed to identify signature sequences, e.g., polynucleotide sequences useful for confirming the presence or absence of a pathogen in a sample. Primer and probe sets were designed and optimized for use in a PCR based, multiplexed Luminex assay and/or an array assay to successfully identify the presence or absence of pathogens in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Slezak, Shea Gardner, Clinton Torres, Elizabeth Vitalis, Raymond J. Lenhoff
  • Sequential addition of short DNA oligos in DNA-polymerase-based synthesis reactions
    Publication number: 20050272042
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a DNA molecule of user-defined sequence. The method comprises the steps of preselecting a multiplicity of DNA sequence segments that will comprise the DNA molecule of user-defined sequence, separating the DNA sequence segments temporally, and combining the multiplicity of DNA sequence segments with at least one polymerase enzyme wherein the multiplicity of DNA sequence segments join to produce the DNA molecule of user-defined sequence. Sequence segments may be of length n, where n is an even or odd integer. In one embodiment the length of desired hybridizing overlap is specified by the user and the sequences and the protocol for combining them are guided by computational (bioinformatics) predictions. In one embodiment sequence segments are combined from multiple reading frames to span the same region of a sequence, so that multiple desired hybridizations may occur with different overlap lengths. In one embodiment starting sequence fragments are of different lengths, n, n+1, n+2, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Shea Gardner, Raymond Mariella, Allen Christian, Jennifer Young, David Clague