Patents by Inventor Eleen Shum

Eleen Shum 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: 11397882
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for determining the numbers of targets. In some embodiments, the method comprise: stochastically barcoding targets using stochastic barcodes; obtaining sequencing data; for one or more of the targets: counting the number of molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the target in the sequencing data; identifying clusters of molecular labels of the target using directional adjacency; collapsing the sequencing data using the clusters of molecular labels of the target identified; and estimating the number of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jue Fan, Jennifer Tsai, Eleen Shum, Lisha Deng, Glenn K. Fu
  • Publication number: 20220220549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include methods and compositions for selectively amplifying and/or extending nucleic acid target molecules in a sample. The methods and compositions can, for example, reduce the amplification and/or extension of undesirable nucleic acid species in the sample, and/or allow selective removal of undesirable nucleic acid species in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Eleen Shum, Glenn K. Fu
  • Patent number: 11371076
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for PCR normalization. In some embodiments, after barcoding copies of a higher abundance target (e.g., a cDNA species), the barcoded copies are amplified using a pair of forward primers comprising one or more mismatches and a reverse primer. The amplified copies can be further linearly amplified using a forward primer comprising the sequence of one of the pair of forward primers, and a reverse primer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Katherine Lazaruk, Eleen Shum, Christina Chang
  • Patent number: 11365409
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for molecular barcoding on the 5?-end of a nucleic acid target. After barcoding a nucleic acid target using an oligonucleotide barcode comprising a target binding region and a molecular label to generate a barcoded nucleic acid molecule, an oligonucleotide comprising a complement of the target binding region can be added to generate a barcoded nucleic acid molecule comprising the target-binding region and the complement of the target-binding region. A stem loop is formed with intra-molecular hybridization of the barcoded nucleic acid molecule, which can be extended to generate an extended barcoded nucleic acid molecule comprising the molecular label and a complement of the molecular label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Eleen Shum, Christina Fan
  • Patent number: 11319583
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include methods and compositions for selectively amplifying and/or extending nucleic acid target molecules in a sample. The methods and compositions can, for example, reduce the amplification and/or extension of undesirable nucleic acid species in the sample, and/or allow selective removal of undesirable nucleic acid species in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Eleen Shum, Glenn K. Fu
  • Patent number: 11275978
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for determining the numbers of targets. In some embodiments, the method comprise: stochastically barcoding targets using stochastic barcodes; obtaining sequencing data; for one or more of the targets: counting the number of molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the target in the sequencing data; identifying clusters of molecular labels of the target using directional adjacency; collapsing the sequencing data using the clusters of molecular labels of the target identified; and estimating the number of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jue Fan, Jennifer Tsai, Eleen Shum, Lisha Deng, Glenn K. Fu
  • Patent number: 11220685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods and kits for labeling an internal sequence of a target nucleic acid molecule with molecular barcodes. In some embodiments, the methods comprise intramolecular circulation of a labeled target nucleic acid molecule. Further provided methods for generating sequencing libraries comprising overlapping fragments covering the full length of a target nucleic acid molecule, sequencing the libraries using the methods disclosed herein, and methods of analyzing sequencing results therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glenn Fu, Eleen Shum
  • Publication number: 20210123097
    Abstract: Methods of repairing a partially double-stranded DNA fragment are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise (a) contacting the partially double-stranded DNA fragment with one or more primers of a primer population, wherein the partially double-stranded DNA fragment comprises a 3? overhang and the primer population comprises a random target-hybridizing sequence; (b) extending one or more primers of the primer population along the DNA fragment using a DNA polymerase, thereby producing one or more extended primers annealed to the DNA fragment; and (c) ligating the 3? end of one or more extended primers to the 5? end of an extended primer or a strand of the partially double-stranded DNA fragment, thereby providing a repaired DNA fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Eleen SHUM
  • Publication number: 20210054436
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and kits for barcoding nucleic acids. For example, particles for barcoding are provided, where the particle comprises: a first plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes each comprising a target-binding region, and a second plurality of oligonucleotides each comprising a target-specific target-binding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gretchen Yinbon Lam, Eleen Shum
  • Publication number: 20200385780
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for sample identification. A sample indexing composition can comprise, for example, a protein binding reagent associated with a sample indexing oligonucleotide. Different sample indexing compositions can include sample indexing oligonucleotides with different sequences. Sample origin of cells can be identified based on the sequences of the sample indexing oligonucleotides. Sample indexing oligonucleotides can be barcoded using barcoded and lengthened using daisy-chaining primers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Christina Chang, Christina Fan, Eleen Shum, Jody Martin, Nidhanjali Bansal, James Ghadiali, Katherine Lazaruk, Gretchen Yinbon Lam
  • Patent number: 10822643
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments herein, compositions and methods for accurate barcoding of nucleic acids are described. The compositions and methods can involve a plurality of unique oligonucleotide species comprising unique molecule barcodes. In some embodiments, the molecule barcodes can have a relatively low G content, and can exhibit reduced bias in amplification and analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Cellular Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Eleen Shum, Glenn Fu
  • Publication number: 20200332284
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods and kits for labeling an internal sequence of a target nucleic acid molecule with molecular barcodes. In some embodiments, the methods comprise intramolecular circulation of a labeled target nucleic acid molecule. Further provided methods for generating sequencing libraries comprising overlapping fragments covering the full length of a target nucleic acid molecule, sequencing the libraries using the methods disclosed herein, and methods of analyzing sequencing results therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn Fu, Eleen Shum
  • Publication number: 20200263169
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for the labeling of nucleic acids targets. In some embodiments, the methods comprise the use of target-specific primers and target-non-specific primers during library preparation (e.g., hybrid library preparation). In some embodiments, the methods increase the abundance of select low abundance targets during cDNA library preparation and/or sequencing library preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Eleen Shum, Christina Fan, Elisabeth Marie Walczak
  • Publication number: 20200248263
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for quantitative analysis of a plurality of cellular component targets of cells of interest. In some embodiments, an oligonucleotide associated with a cellular component-binding reagent (e.g., an antibody) is associated with one or more detectable moieties (e.g., luminescent moieties, fluorescent moieties, a phosphorescent moieties). In some embodiments, the presence of the detectable moiety in the binding reagent oligonucleotide enables the cellular component-binding reagent to be employed for both fluorescence analysis (e.g., cell sorting) and sequence analysis (e.g., protein expression profiling).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Margaret Nakamoto, Eleen Shum, Nidhanjali BANSAL, Christina Chang
  • Publication number: 20200232032
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for determining protein expression and gene expression simultaneously and for sample indexing. In some embodiments, an oligonucleotide associated with a cellular component-binding reagent (e.g., an antibody) comprises one or more of a unique molecular label sequence, a primer adapter, antibody-specific barcode sequence, an alignment sequence, and/or a poly(A) sequence. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide is associated with the cellular component-binding reagent via a linker (e.g., 5AmMC12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Eleen Shum, Katherine Lazaruk, Dennis E. Prosen, Devon Jensen, David Rosenfeld, Janice H. Lai, James Ghadiali, Christina Chang
  • Publication number: 20200224247
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for PCR normalization. In some embodiments, after barcoding copies of a higher abundance target (e.g., a cDNA species), the barcoded copies are amplified using a pair of forward primers comprising one or more mismatches and a reverse primer. The amplified copies can be further linearly amplified using a forward primer comprising the sequence of one of the pair of forward primers, and a reverse primer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Katherine Lazaruk, Eleen Shum, Christina Chang
  • Publication number: 20200190564
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include methods and compositions for selectively amplifying and/or extending nucleic acid target molecules in a sample. The methods and compositions can, for example, reduce the amplification and/or extension of undesirable nucleic acid species in the sample, and/or allow selective removal of undesirable nucleic acid species in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Eleen Shum
  • Patent number: 10676779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for sample identification. A sample indexing composition can comprise, for example, a protein binding reagent associated with a sample indexing oligonucleotide. Different sample indexing compositions can include sample indexing oligonucleotides with different sequences. Sample origin of cells can be identified based on the sequences of the sample indexing oligonucleotides. Sample indexing oligonucleotides can be barcoded using barcoded and lengthened using daisy-chaining primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Christina Chang, Christina Fan, Eleen Shum, Jody Martin, Nidhanjali Bansal, James Ghadiali, Katherine Lazaruk, Gretchen Yinbon Lam
  • Publication number: 20200172957
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for sample identification. A sample indexing composition can comprise, for example, a protein binding reagent associated with a sample indexing oligonucleotide. Different sample indexing compositions can include sample indexing oligonucleotides with different sequences. Sample origin of cells can be identified based on the sequences of the sample indexing oligonucleotides. Sample indexing oligonucleotides can be barcoded using barcoded and lengthened using daisy-chaining primers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Christina Chang, Christina Fan, Eleen Shum
  • Patent number: 10669570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for sample identification. A sample indexing composition can comprise, for example, a protein binding reagent associated with a sample indexing oligonucleotide. Different sample indexing compositions can include sample indexing oligonucleotides with different sequences. Sample origin of cells can be identified based on the sequences of the sample indexing oligonucleotides. Sample indexing oligonucleotides can be barcoded using barcoded and lengthened using daisy-chaining primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Christina Chang, Christina Fan, Eleen Shum