Patents by Inventor Benjamin LaFrance

Benjamin LaFrance 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).

  • REPORTER CAS9 VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180142222
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides variant Cas9 proteins (e.g., reporter Cas9 proteins), nucleic acids encoding the variant Cas9 proteins, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present disclosure provides systems and kits that include a subject variant Cas9 protein (e.g., reporter Cas9 proteins) (and/or a nucleic acid encoding the variant Cas9 protein). The variant Cas9 proteins (e.g., reporter Cas9 proteins) and the nucleic acids encoding the variant Cas9 proteins are useful in a wide variety of methods (including the detection of a conformational change of the variant Cas9 protein), which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer A. Doudna, Benjamin LaFrance, Janice S. Chen
  • Lesson Plan Generator
    Publication number: 20120052472
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating a lesson plan for a non-linear curriculum is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Benjamin LaFrance, Rajagopalan Subrahmanian