Patents by Inventor George M. Church

George M. Church 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: 11732258
    Abstract: A functional engineered guide RNA sequence is provided including a spacer sequence and a scaffold sequence, wherein the scaffold sequence includes a primer binding site for reverse transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Reza Kalhor, Prashant G. Mali, George M. Church
  • Publication number: 20230257781
    Abstract: Methods of modulating expression of a target nucleic acid in a cell are provided including use of multiple orthogonal Cas9 proteins to simultaneously and independently regulate corresponding genes or simultaneously and independently edit corresponding genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: George M. Church, Kevin M. Esvelt, Prashant G. Mali
  • Publication number: 20230257794
    Abstract: Provided herein, in some embodiments, are artificial secretion peptides capable of directing secretion from Lactobacillus for use, for example, in producing heterologous proteins, including therapeutic proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Anik Debnath, George M. Church
  • Patent number: 11725222
    Abstract: Cleavable nucleotide analogs are provided. The nucleotide analog includes a nucleotide molecule attached to a cleavable moiety wherein the cleavable moiety comprises a protective group and/or a linker attached to a fluorophore. The cleavable moiety is linked to the oxygen atom of the 3?-OH of the pentose of the nucleotide molecule. The nucleotide analogs can be used in making polynucleotide molecules using template independent polymerases. The nucleotide analogs can act as reversible terminators during DNA sequencing by synthesis. The cleavage of the cleavable moiety restores a free 3?-OH functional group allowing growth of the polynucleotide molecule. The general structures as well as proposed synthetic schemes for the nucleotide analogs are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Kettner John Frederick Griswold, Jr., Richard E. Kohman, George M. Church, Jonathan Rittichier
  • Patent number: 11718874
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for detecting a target analyte in a biological sample including contacting the sample with one or more probe sets each comprising a primary probe and a linker, contacting the sample with an initiator sequence, contacting the sample with a plurality of fluorescent DNA hairpins, wherein the probe binds the target molecule, the linker connects the probe to the initiator sequence, and wherein the initiator sequence nucleates with the cognate hairpin and triggers self-assembly of tethered fluorescent amplification polymers, and detecting the target molecule by measuring fluorescent signal of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Evan R. Daugharthy, George M. Church
  • Patent number: 11713485
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for detecting a target analyte in a biological sample including contacting the sample with one or more probe sets each comprising a primary probe and a linker, contacting the sample with an initiator sequence, contacting the sample with a plurality of fluorescent DNA hairpins, wherein the probe binds the target molecule, the linker connects the probe to the initiator sequence, and wherein the initiator sequence nucleates with the cognate hairpin and triggers self-assembly of tethered fluorescent amplification polymers, and detecting the target molecule by measuring fluorescent signal of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Evan R. Daugharthy, George M. Church
  • Publication number: 20230227895
    Abstract: Methods of labelling one or more subcellular components (e.g., an organelle and/or subcellular region) in vivo are provided. Methods of labelling a protein in vivo are provided. Methods of determining a nucleic acid sequence in situ are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: George M. Church, Je-Hyuk Lee, Evan R. Daugharthy
  • Patent number: 11701437
    Abstract: A method for the systemic delivery of a polypeptide within a subject is provided by creating genetically modified skin cells via topical introduction of a genetically engineered virus which delivers a nucleic acid encoding a therapeutic polypeptide for expression by the skin cells, wherein the expressed therapeutic polypeptide is secreted by the skin cells and is introduced into the circulatory system of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Denitsa M. Milanova, George M. Church, Noah Davidsohn, Carl Schoellhammer, Robert S. Langer, Anna I. Mandinova, Carlo Giovanni Traverso
  • Patent number: 11697839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of identifying a target genomic nucleic acid sequence including hybridizing a set of probes to the target genomic nucleic acid sequence, wherein the set of probes has a unique associated barcode sequence for identification of the target genomic nucleic acid sequence, wherein each probe of the set includes (1) a complementary sequence complementary to a first strand of the target genomic nucleic acid sequence and (2) the associated barcode sequence or a portion of the associated barcode sequence, sequencing the associated barcode sequence from probes hybridized to the target genomic nucleic acid sequence using a fluorescence-based sequencing method, and identifying the target genomic nucleic acid sequence by the sequenced barcode sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Evan R. Daugharthy, Son C. Nguyen, Chao-ting Wu, George M. Church
  • Publication number: 20230212563
    Abstract: This invention provides methods of altering a cell including providing the cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Cas1 protein and/or a Cas2 protein of a CRISPR adaptation system, providing the cell with a CRISPR array nucleic acid sequence including a leader sequence and at least one repeat sequence, wherein the cell expresses the Cas1 protein and/or the Cas2 protein and wherein the CRISPR array nucleic acid sequence is within genomic DNA of the cell or on a plasmid. Also provided are methods and systems for nucleic acid storage and in vivo molecular recordings of events into a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: George M. Church, Seth Lawler Shipman, Jeffrey D. Macklis, Jeffrey Matthew Nivala
  • Publication number: 20230211016
    Abstract: Methods of editing target nucleic acids are provided using a guide RNA and a Cas9 protein to excise exons in a target gene and where the edited gene is expressed to produce a truncated polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Amy J. Wagers, Mohammadsharif Tabebordbar, Wei Leong Chew, George M. Church
  • Publication number: 20230212649
    Abstract: Methods of analyzing nucleic acids of a cell are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: George M. Church, Jehyuk Lee, Daniel Levner, Michael Super
  • Patent number: 11685942
    Abstract: A method of making a polypeptide including one or more D-amino acids is provided. The method includes combining a ribosome with protein translation factors including (1) a template encoding the polypeptide, wherein the template encoding the polypeptide includes one or more codons which have been recoded to accept a tRNA attached to a D-amino acid, (2) a plurality of L-amino acids and a plurality of corresponding tRNAs, (3) a plurality of D-amino acids and their corresponding aminoacyl tRNA synthetase or a plurality of tRNAs ligated with a D-amino acid, and (4) elongation factor P in a concentration of 2 to 20 micromolar, wherein translation of the template encoding the polypeptide occurs to produce the polypeptide including one or more D-amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Po-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230183788
    Abstract: Novel methods for making high resolution oligonucleotide paints are provided. Novel, high resolution oligonucleotide paints are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Chao-ting Wu, George M. Church, Benjamin Richard Williams
  • Patent number: 11666665
    Abstract: Methods of editing target nucleic acids are provided using a guide RNA and a Cas9 protein to excise exons in a target gene and where the edited gene is expressed to produce a truncated polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Amy J. Wagers, Mohammadsharif Tabebordbar, Wei Leong Chew, George M. Church
  • Patent number: 11666610
    Abstract: A probiotic formulation is provided including one or more bacteria, bacterial strains or bacterial species of the genus Veillonella, genus Faecalibacterium, genus Phascolarctobacteria, genus Oscillospira, genus Ruminococcus, genus Bacteroides, genus Blautia, family Christensenellaceae, genus Dialister, or phylum cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jonathan Scheiman, George M. Church
  • Patent number: 11649450
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of making a protein having a desired non-standard amino acid incorporated at its N-terminus in a cell and methods of screening for an amino acyl tRNA synthetase variant that preferentially selects a non-standard amino acid against its standard amino acid counterpart or undesired non-standard amino acids for incorporation into a protein in a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Aditya Mohan Kunjapur, George M. Church
  • Patent number: 11649469
    Abstract: Methods of modulating expression of a target nucleic acid in a cell are provided including use of multiple orthogonal Cas9 proteins to simultaneously and independently regulate corresponding genes or simultaneously and independently edit corresponding genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Kevin M. Esvelt, Prashant G. Mali
  • Publication number: 20230146821
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods that combine RNA fluorescent in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) with other molecular detection modalities, forming an integrated panomic detection platform. In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides systems and methods to prepare a biological sample to preserve the spatial relationships of biomolecules of interest within the biological sample for FISSEQ detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: George M. Church, Evan R. Daugharthy, Richard C. Terry
  • Publication number: 20230146985
    Abstract: The inventions provided herein relate to detection reagents, compositions, methods, and kits comprising the detection reagents for use in detection, identification, and/or quantification of analytes in a sample. Such detection reagents and methods described herein allow multiplexing of many more labeled species in the same procedure than conventional methods, in which multiplexing is limited by the number of available and practically usable colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Levner, Je-Hyuk Lee, George M. Church, Michael Super