Patents by Inventor Gordon M. Cann

Gordon M. Cann 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: 10774374
    Abstract: A method for spatially tagging nucleic acids of a biological specimen, including steps of (a) providing a solid support comprising different nucleic acid probes that are randomly located on the solid support, wherein the different nucleic acid probes each includes a barcode sequence that differs from the barcode sequence of other randomly located probes on the solid support; (b) performing a nucleic acid detection reaction on the solid support to locate the barcode sequences on the solid support; (c) contacting a biological specimen with the solid support that has the randomly located probes; (d) hybridizing the randomly located probes to target nucleic acids from portions of the biological specimen; and (e) modifying the randomly located probes that are hybridized to the target nucleic acids, thereby producing modified probes that include the barcode sequences and a target specific modification, thereby spatially tagging the nucleic acids of the biological specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Spatial Transcriptomics AB and Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonas Frisén, Patrik Ståhl, Joakim Lundeberg, Gordon M. Cann, Leila Bazargan, Alex Aravanis
  • Publication number: 20200165650
    Abstract: A method for enriching a target nucleic acid comprising providing an endonuclease system having a crRNA or a derivative thereof, and a Cas protein or a variant thereof. The crRNA or the derivative thereof contains a target-specific nucleotide region substantially complementary to a region of the target nucleic acid; contacting the target nucleic acid with the endonuclease system to form a complex; and separating the complex and thereby enriching for the target nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gordon M. Cann, Jeffrey G. Mandell, Alex Aravanis, Steven Norberg, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Frank J. Steemers, Farnaz Absalan, Leila Bazargan
  • Patent number: 10457969
    Abstract: A method for enriching a target nucleic acid comprising providing an endonuclease system having a crRNA or a derivative thereof, and a Cas protein or a variant thereof. The crRNA or the derivative thereof contains a target-specific nucleotide region substantially complementary to a region of the target nucleic acid; contacting the target nucleic acid with the endonuclease system to form a complex; and separating the complex and thereby enriching for the target nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon M. Cann, Jeffrey G. Mandell, Alex Aravanis, Steven Norberg, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Frank J. Steemers, Farnaz Absalan, Leila Bazargan
  • Publication number: 20190203275
    Abstract: A method for spatially tagging nucleic acids of a biological specimen, including steps of (a) providing a solid support comprising different nucleic acid probes that are randomly located on the solid support, wherein the different nucleic acid probes each includes a barcode sequence that differs from the barcode sequence of other randomly located probes on the solid support; (b) performing a nucleic acid detection reaction on the solid support to locate the barcode sequences on the solid support; (c) contacting a biological specimen with the solid support that has the randomly located probes; (d) hybridizing the randomly located probes to target nucleic acids from portions of the biological specimen; and (e) modifying the randomly located probes that are hybridized to the target nucleic acids, thereby producing modified probes that include the barcode sequences and a target specific modification, thereby spatially tagging the nucleic acids of the biological specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: JONAS FRISÉN, PATRIK STÅHL, JOAKIM LUNDEBERG, GORDON M. CANN, LEILA BAZARGAN, ALEX ARAVANIS
  • Publication number: 20180237852
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining at least one sequence of interest of a fetus of a pregnant mother. In various embodiments, the method can determine one or more sequences of interest in a test sample that comprises a mixture of fetal cellular DNA and mother-and-fetus cfDNA. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a genetic disease. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus is homozygous in a disease causing allele when the mother is heterozygous of the same allele. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a copy number variation (CNV) or a non-CNV genetic sequence anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: AmirAli Hajhossein Talasaz, Gordon M. Cann
  • Patent number: 9982295
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining at least one sequence of interest of a fetus of a pregnant mother. In various embodiments, the method can determine one or more sequences of interest in a test sample that comprises a mixture of fetal cellular DNA and mother-and-fetus cfDNA. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a genetic disease. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus is homozygous in a disease causing allele when the mother is heterozygous of the same allele. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a copy number variation (CNV) or a non-CNV genetic sequence anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: AmirAli Hajhossein Talasaz, Gordon M. Cann
  • Publication number: 20170044525
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods and compositions for multiplexed single cell gene expression analysis. Some methods and compositions include the use of droplets and/or beads bearing unique barcodes such as unique molecular barcodes (UMI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Fiona KAPER, Jian-Bing FAN, Neeraj SALATHIA, Gordon M. CANN, Arash JAMSHIDI, Alex ARAVANIS
  • Publication number: 20160186253
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining at least one sequence of interest of a fetus of a pregnant mother. In various embodiments, the method can determine one or more sequences of interest in a test sample that comprises a mixture of fetal cellular DNA and mother-and-fetus cfDNA. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a genetic disease. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus is homozygous in a disease causing allele when the mother is heterozygous of the same allele. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a copy number variation (CNV) or a non-CNV genetic sequence anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: AmirAli Hajhossein Talasaz, Gordon M. Cann
  • Publication number: 20160017396
    Abstract: A method for enriching a target nucleic acid comprising providing an endonuclease system having a crRNA or a derivative thereof, and a Cas protein or a variant thereof. The crRNA or the derivative thereof contains a target-specific nucleotide region substantially complementary to a region of the target nucleic acid; contacting the target nucleic acid with the endonuclease system to form a complex; and separating the complex and thereby enriching for the target nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon M. Cann, Jeffrey G. Mandell, Alex Aravanis, Steven Norberg, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Frank J. Steemers, Farnaz Absalan, Leila Bazargan