Patents by Inventor Craig Elder Mealmaker

Craig Elder Mealmaker 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).

  • Publication number: 20170247734
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for generating a population of amplified concatamer products is described that comprises amplifying a template nucleic acid molecule using a first nucleic acid primer immobilized on a bead substrate and a second nucleic acid primer in solution to generate a population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule immobilized on the bead substrate; and amplifying the population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule using a concatamer primer that comprises a first region complementary to an end region of the population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule and a second region to generate a population of immobilized concatamer products of the substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Christopher GODWIN, Priya SHANBHAG, Craig Elder MEALMAKER, Gianni Calogero FERRERI, Melinda PALMER, Shally Hsueh-Wen WANG
  • Patent number: 9624519
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for generating a population of amplified concatamer products is described that comprises amplifying a template nucleic acid molecule using a first nucleic acid primer immobilized on a bead substrate and a second nucleic acid primer in solution to generate a population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule immobilized on the bead substrate; and amplifying the population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule using a concatamer primer that comprises a first region complementary to an end region of the population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule and a second region to generate a population of immobilized concatamer products of the substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: 454 Life Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Godwin, Priya Shanbhag, Craig Elder Mealmaker, Gianni Calogero Ferreri, Melinda Palmer, Shally Hsueh-Wen Wang
  • Publication number: 20150056662
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for generating a population of amplified concatamer products is described that comprises amplifying a template nucleic acid molecule using a first nucleic acid primer immobilized on a bead substrate and a second nucleic acid primer in solution to generate a population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule immobilized on the bead substrate; and amplifying the population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule using a concatamer primer that comprises a first region complementary to an end region of the population of substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule and a second region to generate a population of immobilized concatamer products of the substantially identical copies of the template nucleic acid molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Godwin, Priya Shanbhag, Craig Elder Mealmaker, Gianni Calogero Ferreri, Melinda Palmer, Shally Hsueh-Wen Wang
  • Publication number: 20120077716
    Abstract: An embodiment of a nucleic acid adaptor is described that comprises a double stranded nucleic acid element that comprises a plurality of deoxyinosine species positionally located in a spaced relationship from each other on a first strand and base pair to an A, T, or G nucleotide species on a second strand, where a first end of the double stranded nucleic acid element is constructed and arranged to preferentially ligate to each end of a double stranded target nucleic acid molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: 454 LIFE SCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Godwin, Craig Elder Mealmaker