Patents Examined by David C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11624096
    Abstract: Nucleic acid oligonucleotide sequences are disclosed which include amplification oligomers and probe oligomers which are useful for detecting multiple types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) associated with cervical cancer. Methods for detecting multiple HPV types in biological specimens by amplifying HPV nucleic acid sequences in vitro and detecting the amplified products are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sylvia A. Norman, Jennifer J. Bungo, William L. Hanna, Neeraj P. Rao
  • Patent number: 11624087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for detecting nucleic acid comprising duplex molecular beacon and graphene oxide and a colorimetric signal enhancement method of detecting nucleic acid using the same. According to the composition, kit and method for detecting nucleic acid of the present invention, a complex can be formed by adsorbing a single strand having a DNAzyme sequence dissociated from the conjugate of a duplex molecular beacon and a target nucleic acid to the graphene oxide surface, and separated, and a colorimetric signal amplified therefrom can be induced, so that a very low concentration of target nucleic acid can be detected with high efficiency and the target nucleic acid can be detected quickly and easily in seconds. Therefore, a new colorimetric target nucleic acid detection system capable of point of care testing (POCT) can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Jieon Lee, Woo-keun Kim, Sangwoo Lee, Seokjoo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11618919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasensitive assay platform for the detection of nucleic acids such as microRNAs (miRNAs), which are important biomarker for diseases including cancer. The platform allows high throughput detection of multiple nucleic acid sequences miRNAs on the single-molecule level using fluorescence labeling, molecular barcoding, and flow based detection and multiparametric data analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Andrew Smith, Lucas David Smith
  • Patent number: 11613781
    Abstract: Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Jesse Salk, Lawrence A. Loeb, Michael Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11613773
    Abstract: A method for spatially tagging nucleic acids of a biological specimen, including steps of (a) providing a solid support comprising different nucleic acid probes that are randomly located on the solid support, wherein the different nucleic acid probes each includes a barcode sequence that differs from the barcode sequence of other randomly located probes on the solid support; (b) performing a nucleic acid detection reaction on the solid support to locate the barcode sequences on the solid support; (c) contacting a biological specimen with the solid support that has the randomly located probes; (d) hybridizing the randomly located probes to target nucleic acids from portions of the biological specimen; and (e) modifying the randomly located probes that are hybridized to the target nucleic acids, thereby producing modified probes that include the barcode sequences and a target specific modification, thereby spatially tagging the nucleic acids of the biological specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Spatial Transcriptomics AB, Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonas Frisen, Patrik Stahl, Joakim Lundeberg, Gordon M. Cann, Leila Bazargan, Alex Aravanis
  • Patent number: 11608527
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for digital profiling of nucleic acid sequences present in a sample are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, Peter A. Sims, Tony Z. Jia
  • Patent number: 11608529
    Abstract: Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Jesse Salk, Lawrence A. Loeb, Michael Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11608537
    Abstract: The disclosed invention is related to methods, compositions, kits and isolated nucleic acid sequences for targeting Adenovirus nucleic acid. Compositions include amplification oligomers and/or detection probe oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at least one of these oligomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.
    Inventors: Emily Ziegler, Jessica Townsend
  • Patent number: 11608498
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for removing a portion of a sequence in a member of a nucleic acid library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: 10x Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Caroline Julie Gallant, Marlon Stoeckius, Katherine Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11603558
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the amplification of nucleic acids and generation of concatemers are disclosed. Amplification methods provided herein may be performed under isothermal conditions. Methods and compositions may include reagents such as nucleic acid polymerases and primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Labrador Diagnostics LLC
    Inventors: Kamila Belhocine, Josephine Lee, Pranav Patel, Aaron Richardson, Scott Tabakman
  • Patent number: 11591629
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing a nucleic acid includes providing an initiator having a 3? end having an unprotected hydroxyl group, providing a nucleic acid polymerase having at least a conservative catalytic polymerase domain of a family-B DNA polymerase, providing a nucleotide monomer, and exposing the initiator to the nucleotide monomer in the presence of the nucleic acid polymerase and a metal cofactor which is a bivalent cation, and in the absence of a template, such that the nucleotide monomer is incorporated to the initiator. The kit includes the initiator, the nucleic acid polymerase, and the nucleotide monomer, and is used according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Cheng-Yao Chen
  • Patent number: 11591644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the detection of nucleic acids of defined sequence and kits for use in said methods. The methods employ nicking agent(s), polymerase and oligonucleotide probes to produce probe fragments in the presence of a target nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sense Biodetection Limited
    Inventors: Henry John Lamble, David Lloyd, Christopher Egan
  • Patent number: 11584951
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for integrally detecting nondestructive measurement information and genome-related information of single cells. More specifically, the present invention uses a method including: preparing a plurality of compartments containing single cell or a derivative thereof, a first bead(s), and a second bead(s) per compartment; detecting both nondestructive measurement information of single cell and imaging information of the first bead(s) and associating the nondestructive measurement information of single cell with the imaging information of the first bead(s) before preparation of each compartment or in each compartment; obtaining a hybridized complex; producing an amplified product derived from the hybridized complex; and integrally detecting nondestructive measurement information and genome-related information in single cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Nozomu Yachie, Sadao Ota
  • Patent number: 11572585
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present inventions relates generally to compositions, methods and kits for use in discriminating sequence variation between different alleles. More specifically, in some embodiments, the present invention provides for compositions, methods and kits for quantitating rare (e.g., mutant) allelic variants, such as SNPs, or nucleotide (NT) insertions or deletions, in samples comprising abundant (e.g., wild type) allelic variants with high specificity and selectivity. In particular, in some embodiments, the invention relates to a highly selective method for mutation detection referred to as competitive allele-specific TaqMan PCR (“cast-PCR”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Caifu Chen, Ruoying Tan
  • Patent number: 11566288
    Abstract: Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Jesse Salk, Lawrence A. Loeb, Michael Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11566277
    Abstract: Methods of analyzing nucleic acids of a cell are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Jehyuk Lee, Daniel Levner, Michael Super
  • Patent number: 11566286
    Abstract: Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Jesse Salk, Lawrence A. Loeb, Michael Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11566276
    Abstract: Methods of making a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids within a cell is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Jehyuk Lee, Daniel Levner, Michael Super
  • Patent number: 11555220
    Abstract: Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Jesse Salk, Lawrence A. Loeb, Michael Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11549144
    Abstract: Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Jesse Salk, Lawrence A. Loeb, Michael Schmitt