Patents by Inventor Frank J. Steemers

Frank J. Steemers 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).

  • Linking sequence reads using paired code tags
    Patent number: 8829171
    Abstract: Artificial transposon sequences having code tags and target nucleic acids containing such sequences. Methods for making artificial transposons and for using their properties to analyze target nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin Gunderson, Thomas Royce, Natasha Pignatelli
  • FUNCTIONALIZATION AND PURIFICATION OF MOLECULES BY REVERSIBLE GROUP EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20130035480
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and compositions for functionalizing molecules, such as oligonucleotides, with functional groups, including polyhistidine tags useful in affinity methods. Some embodiments include methods for modifying and purifying complex mixtures of molecules by exchange of functional tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin Gunderson, Kerri York
  • LINKING SEQUENCE READS USING PAIRED CODE TAGS
    Publication number: 20120208724
    Abstract: Artificial transposon sequences having code tags and target nucleic acids containing such sequences. Methods for making artificial transposons and for using their properties to analyze target nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin Gunderson, Thomas Royce, Natasha Pignatelli, Igor Yu Goryshin, Nicholas Caruccio
  • LINKING SEQUENCE READS USING PAIRED CODE TAGS
    Publication number: 20120208705
    Abstract: Artificial transposon sequences having code tags and target nucleic acids containing such sequences. Methods for making artificial transposons and for using their properties to analyze target nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin Gunderson, Thomas Royce, Natasha Pignatelli
  • Cross-reactive sensors
    Publication number: 20100028923
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel cross-reactive sensor system utilizing cross-reactive recognition elements. In the inventive system, each of said one or more cross-reactive recognition elements is capable of interacting with more than one species of liquid analyte of interest, whereby each of said one or more cross-reactive recognition elements reacts in a different manner with each of said one or more species of liquid analytes of interest to produce a detectable agent of each analyte of interest, whereby said detectable agent is analyzed and the information is processed for data acquisition and interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: David R. Walt, Caroline L. Schauer, Frank J. Steemers
  • Cross-reactive sensors
    Patent number: 7250267
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel cross-reactive sensor system utilizing cross-reactive recognition elements. In the inventive system, each of said one or more cross-reactive recognition elements is capable of interacting with more than one species of liquid analyte of interest, whereby each of said one or more cross-reactive recognition elements reacts in a different manner with each of said one or more species of liquid analytes of interest to produce a detectable agent of each analyte of interest, whereby said detectable agent is analyzed and the information is processed for data acquisition and interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: David R. Walt, Caroline L. Schauer, Frank J. Steemers