Patents by Inventor Benjamin Hindson

Benjamin Hindson 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).

  • Patent number: 10760124
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov, Paul Hardenbol, Rajiv Bharadwaj, Xinying Zheng, Phillip Belgrader
  • Patent number: 10752949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov, Paul Hardenbol
  • Patent number: 10752950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov, Paul Hardenbol
  • Publication number: 20200255894
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and compositions for sample processing, particularly for sequencing applications. Included within this disclosure are bead compositions, such as diverse libraries of beads attached to large numbers of oligonucleotides containing barcodes. Often, the beads provides herein are degradable. For example, they may contain disulfide bonds that are susceptible to reducing agents. The methods provided herein include methods of making libraries of barcoded beads as well as methods of combining the beads with a sample, such as by using a microfluidic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov
  • Publication number: 20200232027
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing. In some cases, this disclosure provides methods for the generation of polynucleotide barcode libraries, and for the attachment of such polynucleotides to target polynucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Mirna Jarosz, Paul Hardenbol, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Serge Saxonov
  • Publication number: 20200199669
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov, Paul Hardenbol, Rajiv Bharadwaj, Xinying Zheng, Phillip Belgrader
  • Patent number: 10688494
    Abstract: A microfluidic emulsion droplet generation system and methods of use thereof are provided. The system may include a microfluidic substrate having a flow path configured and arranged for emulsion droplet generation, at least one textured surface in the flow path configured and arranged for inducing surface-mediated coalescence of emulsion droplets; and at least one channel junction in the flow path for emulsion droplet formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: 10X Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Bharadwaj, Tobias Daniel Wheeler, Kevin Ness, Benjamin Hindson
  • Publication number: 20200190551
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for preparing a sequencing library including the steps of providing a template nucleic acid sequence, dNTPs, dUTP, a primer, a polymerase, a dUTP excising enzyme, and a plurality of beads including oligonucleotide adapter sequence segments; amplifying the template nucleic acid with the polymerase, dNTPs, dUTP and random hexamer to provide a complementary nucleic acid sequence including occasional dUTPs; and excising the incorporated dUTPs with the dUTP excising enzyme to provide nicks in the complementary nucleic acid sequence to provide a sequencing library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Hardenbol, Pranav Patel, Benjamin Hindson, Paul William Wyatt, Keith Bjornson, Indira Wu, Zahra Kamila Belhocine
  • Patent number: 10676789
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Serge Saxonov, Kevin Ness, Paul Hardenbol, Michael Schnall-Levin, Mirna Jarosz
  • Publication number: 20200149090
    Abstract: This disclosure provides microwell capsule array devices. The microwell capsule array devices are generally capable of performing one or more sample preparation operations. Such sample preparation operations may be used as a prelude to one more or more analysis operations. For example, a device of this disclosure can achieve physical partitioning and discrete mixing of samples with unique molecular identifiers within a single unit in preparation for various analysis operations. The device may be useful in a variety of applications and most notably nucleic-acid-based sequencing, detection and quantification of gene expression and single-cell analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Serge Saxonov, Michael Schnall-Levin
  • Patent number: 10612090
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Serge Saxonov, Kevin Ness, Paul Hardenbol
  • Patent number: 10597718
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and compositions for sample processing, particularly for sequencing applications. Included within this disclosure are bead compositions, such as diverse beads provides herein are degradable. For libraries of beads attached to large numbers of oligonucleotides containing barcodes. Often, the example, they may contain disulfide bonds that are susceptible to reducing agents. The methods provided herein include methods of making libraries of barcoded beads as well as methods of combining the beads with a sample, such as by using a microfluidic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov
  • Patent number: 10584381
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: 10X Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov, Paul Hardenbol, Rajiv Bharadwaj
  • Patent number: 10557158
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for preparing a sequencing library including the steps of providing a template nucleic acid sequence, dNTPs, dUTP, a primer, a polymerase, a dUTP excising enzyme, and a plurality of beads including oligonucleotide adapter sequence segments; amplifying the template nucleic acid with the polymerase, dNTPs, dUTP and random hexamer to provide a complementary nucleic acid sequence including occasional dUTPs; and excising the incorporated dUTPs with the dUTP excising enzyme to provide nicks in the complementary nucleic acid sequence to provide a sequencing library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Hardenbol, Pranav Patel, Benjamin Hindson, Paul William Wyatt, Keith Bjornson, Indira Wu, Kamila Belhocine
  • Publication number: 20200020417
    Abstract: The invention described herein solves challenges in providing a proficient, rapid and meaningful analysis of sequencing data. Methods and computer program products of the invention allow for a system to receive, analyze, and display sequencing data in real-time. The invention provides solutions to several difficulties encountered in assembling short sequencing-reads, and by doing so the invention improves the worth and significance of sequencing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Schnall-Levin, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov, Kevin Ness, Benjamin Hindson
  • Patent number: 10533221
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing. In some cases, this disclosure provides methods for the generation of polynucleotide barcode libraries, and for the attachment of such polynucleotides to target polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Mirna Jarosz, Paul Hardenbol, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Serge Saxonov
  • Patent number: 10480028
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov
  • Publication number: 20190344276
    Abstract: The disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for the generation of encapsulated reagents and the partitioning of encapsulated reagents for use in subsequent analyses and/or processing, such as in the field of biological analyses and characterization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Rajiv Bharadwaj, Kevin Ness, Debkishore Mitra, Donald Masquelier, Anthony Makarewicz, Christopher Hindson, Benjamin Hindson, Serge Saxonov
  • Publication number: 20190329245
    Abstract: An integrated system for processing and preparing samples for analysis may include a microfluidic device including a plurality of parallel channel networks for partitioning the samples including various fluids, and connected to a plurality of inlet and outlet reservoirs, at least a portion of the fluids comprising reagents, a holder including a closeable lid hingedly coupled thereto, in which in a closed configuration, the lid secures the microfluidic device in the holder, and in an open configuration, the lid is a stand orienting the microfluidic device at a desired angle to facilitate recovery of partitions or droplets from the partitioned samples generated within the microfluidic device, and an instrument configured to receive the holder and apply a pressure differential between the plurality of inlet and outlet reservoirs to drive fluid movement within the channel networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Donald A. Masquelier, Benjamin Hindson, Kevin Ness, Rajiv Bharadwaj
  • Patent number: 10457986
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov