Patents by Inventor Stephanie Tzouanas Schmidt

Stephanie Tzouanas Schmidt 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 AND COMPOSITIONS INVOLVING THERMOSTABLE CAS9 PROTEIN VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20210395709
    Abstract: The disclosure provides Cas9 protein variants that are thermostable at elevated temperatures (e.g., at least 70° C. or above). A Cas9 protein may have at least 75% sequence identity to a wild-type Cas9 protein (e.g., a wild-type Cas9 protein having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1) and/or one or more amino acid substitutions relative to the wild-type Cas9 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen R. Quake, Stephanie Tzouanas Schmidt, Feiqiao Brian Yu, Paul Blainey, Andrew Paul May