Patents by Inventor Jason Bryant
Jason Bryant 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).
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Patent number: 8546772Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Publication number: 20130233697Abstract: Methods including a) volatilizing at least a portion of contaminated water contained in a contaminated water reservoir and thereby generating volatilized water, the contaminated water reservoir being fluidly coupled to a water generator reservoir; b) conveying the volatilized water to the water generator reservoir; c) cooling the volatilized water in the water generator reservoir and thereby generating purified water, substantially dehumidified gas, and heat; and d) conveying at least one of the substantially dehumidified gas and the heat to the contaminated water reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventor: Jason Bryant
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Publication number: 20130228703Abstract: A detection system including a detection assembly to receive emission light emitted from a sample. The detection assembly has a multi-band dichroic member and at least first and second detection devices. The multi-band dichroic member has a transmission/reflection characteristic with first and second transmissive regions and a reflective region along a wavelength spectrum. The dichroic member transmits portions of the emission light that align with the first and second transmissive regions and reflects a portion of the emission light that aligns with the reflective region. The dichroic member includes a single mirror with an incident surface. The incident surface is configured to transmit the portions of the emission light that align with the first and second transmissive regions and configured to reflect the portion of the emission light that aligns with the reflective region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Mark Pratt, Jason Bryant
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Patent number: 8436999Abstract: A detection system for separately detecting different wavelengths of emission light emitted from a sample. The system includes a detection assembly to receive the emission light emitted from the sample. The detection assembly includes a multi-band dichroic member and at least first and second detection cameras. The multi-band dichroic member has a transmission/reflection characteristic with at least two transmissive regions separated from each other along a wavelength spectrum and with at least one reflective region separated from the transmissive regions along the wavelength spectrum. The dichroic member transmits portions of the emission light that align with the at least two transmissive regions to the first detection camera. The dichroic member reflects a portion of the emission light that aligns with the reflective region to the second detection camera.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Mark Pratt, Jason Bryant
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Publication number: 20120270305Abstract: A fluidic device holder configured to orient a fluidic device. The device holder includes a support structure configured to receive a fluidic device. The support structure includes a base surface that faces in a direction along the Z-axis and is configured to have the fluidic device positioned thereon. The device holder also includes a plurality of reference surfaces facing in respective directions along an XY-plane. The device holder also includes an alignment assembly having an actuator and a movable locator arm that is operatively coupled to the actuator. The locator arm has an engagement end. The actuator moves the locator arm between retracted and biased positions to move the engagement end away from and toward the reference surfaces. The locator arm is configured to hold the fluidic device against the reference surfaces when the locator arm is in the biased position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: ILLUMINA INC.Inventors: MARK T. REED, ERIC WILLIAMSON, BRYAN CRANE, PATRICK LEUNG, DALE BUERMANN, ALEXANDER P. KINDWALL, Frederick ERIE, MARK PRATT, JASON HARRIS, ANDREW JAMES CARSON, Stanley S. HONG, JASON BRYANT, MARK WANG, DREW VERKADE
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Patent number: 8278630Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Patent number: 8268758Abstract: Methods are provided that include a method comprising: providing an emulsified treatment fluid comprising an oleaginous phase, an aqueous phase, a consolidating agent, and an emulsifying agent that comprises at least one convertible surfactant described by a one of the disclosed formulae, and placing the subterranean treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.Inventors: Thomas Welton, Rajesh Saini, Narongsak Tonmukayakul, Jason Bryant
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Patent number: 8241573Abstract: The present invention comprises systems and devices for sequencing of nucleic acid, such as short DNA sequences from clonally amplified single-molecule arrays.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Saibal Banerjee, Colin Barnes, Kevin Benson, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann, Sergey Etchin, Johnny Ho, Xavier Lee, Peter Lundberg, Klaus Maisinger, Bojan Obradovic, Mark Pratt, Mark Reed, Chiara Rodighiero, Subra Sankar, Harold Swerdlow, Eric Vermaas
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Patent number: 8242463Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Publication number: 20120149585Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Patent number: 8177613Abstract: A method and system for providing a pari-mutuel wagering environment is presented. The method includes receiving a wager amount at a server from each of a plurality of players, allocating a portion of each wager amount to a payout pool, and allocating a second portion of each wager amount to a jackpot. The method further includes simultaneously presenting a question to the plurality of players and receiving answers to the question from the players. The method also includes allocating pro rata shares of the payout pool to each player that answers the question correctly, and, if a specified percentage of the players answer the question correctly, allocating pro rata shares of the jackpot to each of the players that answered the question correctly. The system further includes a plurality of remote terminals and servers for performing the method.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Danger Room Gaming, B.V.Inventors: Derek Justin Slattery, Jason Bryant Coxsey
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Patent number: 8143599Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Patent number: 8139288Abstract: A prism for use in scanning applications such as total internal reflection microscopy in which the prism is translated relative to an incident light beam. A geometry is disclosed which cancels walk of the beam footprint at the base of the prism. Walk of the beam footprint due to irregularities in a largely planar sample surface located at the prism base are cancelled by coupling movement of the incident light beam to movement of the sample in the field of view of an objective lens, for example as part of an autofocus arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Illumina Cambridge LimitedInventors: Mark Osborne, Jason Bryant, Bojan Obradovic, Harold Swerdlow
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Publication number: 20120040364Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Patent number: 8088719Abstract: Treatment fluids comprising gelling agents that comprise crosslinkable polymers and certain biopolymers, and methods of use in subterranean operations, are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; a crosslinking agent; and a gelling agent comprising a polymer that is a crosslinkable polymer, and a polymer that is a biopolymer wherein a molecule of the biopolymer (1) consists only of glucose, or (2) has a backbone comprising one or more units that comprise at least (a) one glucose unit and (b) one linear or cyclic pyranose-type monosaccharide unit, wherein (a) and (b) have different molecular structures.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Harold G. Walters, Billy F. Slabaugh, Jason Bryant
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Patent number: 8082994Abstract: Methods of enhancing the conductivity of fractures in subterranean formations comprising: providing a propped fracture in a subterranean formation wherein a plurality of proppant particulates reside in at least a portion of the fracture; providing a displacement fluid; introducing the displacement fluid into the propped fracture in the subterranean formation at a rate that is at least the matrix rate of the subterranean formation; and allowing the displacement fluid to displace at least a portion of the plurality of proppant particulates, thereby forming at least one channel in the propped fracture.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Richard D. Rickman, Jason Bryant, Jimmie D. Weaver
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Publication number: 20110301044Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Patent number: 8071962Abstract: A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation from at least one radiation source may be used to excite the biological samples on multiple surfaces. In this manner, fluorescent emission radiation may be generated from the biological samples and subsequently captured and detected by detection optics and at least one detector. The detected fluorescent emission radiation may then be used to generate image data. This imaging of multiple surfaces may be accomplished either sequentially or simultaneously. In addition, the techniques of the present invention may be used with any type of imaging system. For instance, both epifluorescent and total internal reflection methods may benefit from the techniques of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Feng, Jason Bryant, Dale Buermann
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Publication number: 20110271310Abstract: An HD content acquisition and distribution system includes a central distributor disposed to encode and serve HD content and a plurality of modular packaged content acquisition equipment disposed to be deployed at a live event and in at least partial communication with the central distributor. The content acquisition equipment includes recording equipment, processing equipment, transmission equipment, and communications equipment. The recording equipment includes at least one camera, digital recording device, and digital production device. The processing equipment includes audio/video processing equipment. The transmission equipment includes equipment configured to be interfaced with an existing network for content transmission to the central distributor, and a backup transmission path. The communications equipment includes VOIP equipment configured to allow communication between personnel operating the content acquisition equipment and the central distributor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Michael J. Calderon, Michael G. Wilken, Jason A. Bryant, Scott C. Adametz, Jeffrey J. Backerman
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Publication number: 20110257051Abstract: Methods are provided that include a method comprising: providing an emulsified treatment fluid comprising an oleaginous phase, an aqueous phase, a consolidating agent, and an emulsifying agent that comprises at least one convertible surfactant described by a one of the disclosed formulae, and placing the subterranean treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Thomas Welton, Rajesh Saini, Narongsak Tonmukayakul, Jason Bryant