Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Da Costa

Daniel J. Da Costa 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: 20200033341
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Patent number: 10466241
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20190195874
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Patent number: 10274494
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20190011445
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Patent number: 10107812
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20160252495
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided herein for identifying a cell population comprising an effector cell that exerts an extracellular effect. In one embodiment the method comprises retaining in a microreactor a cell population comprising one or more effector cells, wherein the contents of the microreactor further comprise a readout particle population comprising one or more readout particles, incubating the cell population and the readout particle population within the microreactor, assaying the cell population for the presence of the extracellular effect, wherein the readout particle population or subpopulation thereof provides a direct or indirect readout of the extracellular effect, and determining, based on the results of the assaying step, whether one or more effector cells within the cell population exerts the extracellular effect on the readout particle. If an extracellular effect is measured, the cell population is recovered for further analysis to determine the cell or cells responsible for the effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Marketa Ricicova, Kevin Albert Heyries, Hans Zahn, Oleh Petriv, Veronique Lecault, Anupam Singhal, Daniel J. Da Costa, Carl L. G. Hansen, Brad Nelson, Julie Nielsen, Kathleen Lisaingo
  • Publication number: 20160139121
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Patent number: 9188593
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20120015347
    Abstract: There are provided methods, and devices for assaying for a binding interaction between a protein, such as a monoclonal antibody, produced by a cell, and a biomolecule. The method may include retaining the cell within a chamber having an aperture; exposing the protein produced by the cell to a capture substrate, wherein the capture substrate is in fluid communication with the protein produced by the cell and wherein the capture substrate is operable to bind the protein produced by the cell; flowing a fluid volume comprising the biomolecule through the chamber via said aperture, wherein the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the capture substrate; and determining a binding interaction between the protein produced by the cell and the biomolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Anupam Singhal, Carl L. G. Hansen, John W. Schrader, Charles A. Haynes, Daniel J. Da Costa