Patents by Inventor Jacques Mermod

Jacques Mermod 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).

  • Methods of nucleic acid amplification and sequencing
    Patent number: 10370652
    Abstract: Methods for amplification and sequencing of at least one nucleic acid comprising the following steps: (1) forming at least one nucleic acid template comprising the nucleic acid(s) to be amplified or sequenced, wherein said nucleic acid(s) contains at the 5? end an oligonucleotide sequence Y and at the 3? end an oligonucleotide sequence Z and, in addition, the nucleic acid(s) carry at the 5? end a means for attaching the nucleic acid(s) to a solid support; (2) mixing said nucleic acid template(s) with one or more colony primers X, which can hybridize to the oligonucleotide sequence Z and carries at the 5? end a means for attaching the colony primers to a solid support, in the presence of a solid support so that the 5? ends of both the nucleic acid template and the colony primers bind to the solid support; (3) performing one or more nucleic acid amplification reactions on the bound template(s), so that nucleic acid colonies are generated and optionally, performing at least one step of sequence determination of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Celine Adessi, Eric Kawashima, Pascal Mayer, Jean-Jacques Mermod, Gerardo Turcatti
  • Methods of nucleic acid amplification and sequencing
    Patent number: 8652810
    Abstract: Methods for amplification and sequencing of at least one nucleic acid comprising the following steps: (1) forming at least one nucleic acid template comprising the nucleic acid(s) to be amplified or sequenced, wherein said nucleic acid(s) contains at the 5? end an oligonucleotide sequence Y and at the 3? end an oligonucleotide sequence Z and, in addition, the nucleic acid(s) carry at the 5? end a means for attaching the nucleic acid(s) to a solid support; (2) mixing said nucleic acid template(s) with one or more colony primers X, which can hybridize to the oligonucleotide sequence Z and carries at the 5? end a means for attaching the colony primers to a solid support, in the presence of a solid support so that the 5? ends of both the nucleic acid template and the colony primers bind to the solid support; (3) performing one or more nucleic acid amplification reactions on the bound template(s), so that nucleic acid colonies are generated and optionally, performing at least one step of sequence determination of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Celine Adessi, Eric Kawashima, Pascal Mayer, Jean-Jacques Mermod, Gerardo Turcatti
  • TACTILE PACKAGING FOR CONSUMER GOODS
    Publication number: 20110000802
    Abstract: Packaging for consumer goods having a discontinuous tactile coating is provided. The discontinuous tactile coating is formed by applying one or more varnishes to the outer surface of the packaging in a pattern comprising a plurality of raised features having a height of at least about 10 microns and a separation of at least about 20 microns. The one or more varnishes can include one or more tinted varnishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Weiss, Jacques Mermod, Virginy Suchet
  • Methods of nucleic acid amplification and sequencing
    Publication number: 20080160580
    Abstract: Methods for amplification and sequencing of at least one nucleic acid comprising the following steps: (1) forming at least one nucleic acid template comprising the nucleic acid(s) to be amplified or sequenced, wherein said nucleic acid(s) contains at the 5? end an oligonucleotide sequence Y and at the 3? end an oligonucleotide sequence Z and, in addition, the nucleic acid(s) carry at the 5? end a means for attaching the nucleic acid(s) to a solid support; (2) mixing said nucleic acid template(s) with one or more colony primers X, which can hybridize to the oligonucleotide sequence Z and carries at the 5? end a means for attaching the colony primers to a solid support, in the presence of a solid support so that the 5? ends of both the nucleic acid template and the colony primers bind to the solid support; (3) performing one or more nucleic acid amplification reactions on the bound template(s), so that nucleic acid colonies are generated and optionally, performing at least one step of sequence determination of
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Celine Adessi, Eric Kawashima, Pascal Mayer, Jean-Jacques Mermod, Gerardo Turcatti
  • Methods of nucleic acid amplification and sequencing
    Patent number: 7115400
    Abstract: Methods for amplification and sequencing of at least one nucleic acid comprising the following steps: (1) forming at least one nucleic acid template comprising the nucleic acid(s) to be amplified or sequenced, wherein said nucleic acid(s) to be amplified or sequenced, wherein said nucleic acid(s) contains at the 5? end an oligonucleotide sequence Y and at the 3? end an oligonucleotide sequence Z and, in addition, the nucleic acid(s) carry at the 5? end a means for attaching the nucleic acid(s) to a solid support; (2) mixing said nucleic acid template(s) with one or more colony primers X, which can hybridize to the oligonucleotide sequence Z and carries at the 5? end a means for attaching the colony primers to a solid support, in the presence of a solid support so that the 5? ends of both the nucleic acid template and the colony primers bind to the solid support; (3) performing one or more nucleic acid amplification reactions on the bound template(s), so that nucleic acid colonies are generated and optionally,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Solexa Ltd.
    Inventors: Celine Adessi, Eric Kawashima, Pascal Mayer, Jean-Jacques Mermod, Gerardo Turcatti