Patents by Inventor John A. Moon

John A. Moon 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: 11605165
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analysis of image data generated from various reference points. Particularly, the methods and systems provided are useful for real time analysis of image and sequence data generated during DNA sequencing methodologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco Garcia, Klaus Maisinger, Stephen Tanner, John Moon, Tobias Mann, Michael Lawrence Parkinson, Anthony James Cox, Haifang H. Ge
  • Patent number: 11565267
    Abstract: A detection apparatus having a read head including a plurality of microfluorometers positioned to simultaneously acquire a plurality of the wide-field images in a common plane; and (b) a translation stage configured to move the read head along a substrate that is in the common plane. The substrate can be a flow cell that is included in a cartridge, the cartridge also including a housing for (i) a sample reservoir; (ii) a fluidic line between the sample reservoir and the flow cell; (iii) several reagent reservoirs in fluid communication with the flow cell, (iv) at least one valve configured to mediate fluid communication between the reservoirs and the flow cell; and (v) at least one pressure source configured to move liquids from the reservoirs to the flow cell. The detection apparatus and cartridge can be used together or independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Buermann, John A. Moon, Bryan Crane, Mark Wang, Stanley S. Hong, Jason Harris, Matthew Hage, Mark J. Nibbe
  • Patent number: 11542550
    Abstract: A labeled nucleotide includes a nucleotide, a linking molecule attached to a phosphate group of the nucleotide, and a redox-active charge tag attached to the linking molecule. The redox-active charge tag is to be oxidized or reduced by an electrically conductive channel when maintained in proximity of a sensing zone of the electrically conductive channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mandell, Steven Barnard, John Moon, Maria Candelaria Rogert Bacigalupo
  • Publication number: 20220350850
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an integrated structure for the data from disparate data domains that may be used to aggregate, compare, and/or provide recommendations based on the data available from the disparate domains. The integrated structure may further be accessible to users to perform functions (e.g., searches, filtering operations, etc.) in real-time and receive outputs (e.g., in a user interface).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Snagajob.com, Inc.
    Inventors: John MOON, Keith FORSHEW, Ruhollah FARCHTCHI, Fabio ROSATI
  • Publication number: 20220299744
    Abstract: A structured illumination microscopy (SIM) system comprises: a light source; a light-structuring component to provide light from the light source with a SIM pattern for performing illuminations of a sample at a substrate having a substrate pattern, wherein a pitch of the SIM pattern is based on a characteristic of the substrate pattern; and an image sensor to detect emissions that the sample generates in response to the illuminations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hongji Ren, John Moon
  • Publication number: 20220289948
    Abstract: A substantially homogeneous composition comprising cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), wherein said CNC and CMC provide 85-95% of and 5-15% of total dry weight percentage of said CNC and CMC, respectively; a method of preparing a dried composition comprising CNC and CMC, and re-dispersing said dried composition into water to form a substantially homogeneous aqueous suspension without visible precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Youngblood, Sami Miguel El Awad Azrak, Robert John Moon, Gregory T. Schueneman
  • Publication number: 20220259650
    Abstract: A sensor includes: a substrate; a polymerase attached to the substrate; two electrodes having a space therebetween and being supported by the substrate; and a modulatable electrically conductive channel attached to the two electrodes, the modulatable electrically conductive channel including a modified, partially double stranded nucleic acid polymer electrically connected to the two electrodes and bridging the space between the two electrodes. The modified, partially double stranded nucleic acid polymer includes: a first polynucleotide chain and a second polynucleotide chain partially bonded together; a gap in the first polynucleotide chain wherein nucleotides are missing, the gap configured to at least partially receive the switch strand; and a plurality of nucleotide bases of the second polynucleotide chain exposed at the gap in the first polynucleotide chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: John Moon
  • Patent number: 11332786
    Abstract: A sensor includes two electrodes and a modulatable electrically conductive channel attached to the two electrodes. The modulatable electrically conductive channel includes a modified, partially double stranded nucleic acid polymer electrically connected to the two electrodes and bridging the space between the two electrodes. The modified, partially double stranded nucleic acid polymer includes two polynucleotide chains partially bonded together, a gap in a first of the polynucleotide chains wherein nucleotide bases are missing, and a plurality of nucleotide bases of a second of the polynucleotide chains exposed at the gap in the first of the polynucleotide chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventor: John Moon
  • Publication number: 20220150394
    Abstract: A method is used to generate an analysis image of a moving sample based on one or more exposures. An illumination source illuminates a field of view of a camera for one or more pulses while the sample moves through the field of view. The distance moved by the sample during each of these one or more pulses may be less than the size of one pixel in an image captured by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Geraint Evans, Stanley Hong, Merek Siu, Shaoping Lu, John Moon
  • Publication number: 20220149873
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes an antenna; a first duplexer including a first band pass filter (BPF), a second BPF, a first port, a second port, and a third port; a filter; a power amplification circuit including an input port and an output port; a processor; a radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (RFIC) including an input port and an output port; a first switch including a first terminal and a second terminal; a second switch including a first terminal and a second terminal; and a third switch including a first terminal, wherein the processor is configured to connect the antenna to the first terminal of the first switch, the output port of the power amplification circuit to the first terminal of the second switch, and a second port of the filter to the first terminal of the third switch by controlling the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch, and output a baseband signal to the RFIC in a state in which the antenna is connected to the first terminal of the first switch, the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jonghun Yoo, Dongil Yang, Hyoseok Na, John Moon
  • Patent number: 11308640
    Abstract: A method of registering features in a repeating pattern can include (a) providing an object having a repeating pattern of features and a fiducial; (b) obtaining a target image of the object, wherein the target image includes the repeating pattern of features and the fiducial; (c) comparing the fiducial in the target image to reference data, wherein the reference data includes xy coordinates for a virtual fiducial; and (d) determining locations for the features in the target image based on the comparison of the virtual fiducial in the reference data to the fiducial in the data from the target image. The fiducial can have at least concentric circles that produce three different signal levels. The locations of the features can be determined at a variance of less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Vieceli, Stephen Tanner, John A. Moon, M. Shane Bowen
  • Publication number: 20220051407
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analysis of image data generated from various reference points. Particularly, the methods and systems provided are useful for real time analysis of image and sequence data generated during DNA sequencing methodologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Francisco Jose Garcia, Klaus Maisinger, Stephen Tanner, John A. Moon, Tobias Mann, Michael Lawrence Parkinson, Anthony James Cox, Haifang H. Ge
  • Publication number: 20210379585
    Abstract: A method of making a flowcell includes bonding a first surface of an organic solid support to a surface of a first inorganic solid support via a first bonding layer, wherein the organic solid support includes a plurality of elongated cutouts. The method further includes bonding a surface of a second inorganic solid support to a second surface of the organic solid support via a second bonding layer, so as to form the flowcell. The formed flowcell includes a plurality of channels defined by the surface of the first inorganic solid support, the surface of the second inorganic solid support, and walls of the elongated cutouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Fisher, John A. Moon, Bala Murali Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 11110452
    Abstract: A method of making a flowcell includes bonding a first surface of an organic solid support to a surface of a first inorganic solid support via a first bonding layer, wherein the organic solid support includes a plurality of elongated cutouts. The method further includes bonding a surface of a second inorganic solid support to a second surface of the organic solid support via a second bonding layer, so as to form the flowcell. The formed flowcell includes a plurality of channels defined by the surface of the first inorganic solid support, the surface of the second inorganic solid support, and walls of the elongated cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Fisher, John A. Moon, Bala Murali Venkatesan
  • Publication number: 20210271074
    Abstract: A method for scanning a microarray, including (a) providing a microarray to an optical scanner, wherein the microarray includes a surface having features having different target molecules; (b) scanning the surface in the x or y direction to acquire optical signals from the features at sequential regions of the surface, wherein the focus setting between the optical scanner and the surface is dynamically controlled in real time by repeatedly (i) adding a predetermined focal offset, thereby introducing an error in the focus setting, and (ii) adjusting the focus setting to reduce the error in the focus setting, thereby acquiring the optical signals from different regions at different degrees of focus such that a subset of the regions that are scanned have an introduced focus error; and (c) analyzing the optical signals that are obtained at the different degrees of focus to identify the different target molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Darren Robert Segale, John Moon, Hongji Ren
  • Patent number: 11029513
    Abstract: A method for scanning a microarray, including (a) providing a microarray to an optical scanner, wherein the microarray includes a surface having features having different target molecules; (b) scanning the surface in the x or y direction to acquire optical signals from the features at sequential regions of the surface, wherein the focus setting between the optical scanner and the surface is dynamically controlled in real time by repeatedly (i) adding a predetermined focal offset, thereby introducing an error in the focus setting, and (ii) adjusting the focus setting to reduce the error in the focus setting, thereby acquiring the optical signals from different regions at different degrees of focus such that a subset of the regions that are scanned have an introduced focus error; and (c) analyzing the optical signals that are obtained at the different degrees of focus to identify the different target molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Darren Robert Segale, John Moon, Hongji Ren
  • Publication number: 20210150715
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analysis of image data generated from various reference points. Particularly, the methods and systems provided are useful for real time analysis of image and sequence data generated during DNA sequencing methodologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Francisco Garcia, Klaus Maisinger, Stephen Tanner, John Moon, Tobias Mann, Michael Lawrence Parkinson, Anthony James Cox, Haifang H. Ge
  • Publication number: 20210086174
    Abstract: In an example of the method, a functionalized coating layer is applied in depressions of a patterned flow cell substrate. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. A primer is grafted to the functionalized coating layer to form a grafted functionalized coating layer in the depressions. A hydrogel is applied on at least the grafted functionalized coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hongji Ren, Jonathan Mark Boutell, John A. Moon, M. Shane Bowen, Alex Nemiroski, Gary Mark Skinner, Kenny Chen
  • Patent number: 10919033
    Abstract: In an example of the method, a functionalized coating layer is applied in depressions of a patterned flow cell substrate. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. A primer is grafted to the functionalized coating layer to form a grafted functionalized coating layer in the depressions. A hydrogel is applied on at least the grafted functionalized coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Illumina, Inc., Illumina Cambridge Limited
    Inventors: Hongji Ren, Jonathan Mark Boutell, John A. Moon, M. Shane Bowen, Alex Nemiroski, Gary Mark Skinner, Kenny Chen
  • Patent number: 10901230
    Abstract: Example super-resolution microscopy systems are described herein that are configured for relatively high throughput. The disclosed microscopy systems can be to generate an array of sub-diffraction activated areas for imaging. The microscopy systems can be to utilize imaging techniques that employ time delay integration to build up super-resolution images over time. The disclosed microscopy systems can utilize long-lived fluorophores in conjunction with wide field and patterned illumination to generate super-resolution images of a sample with relatively high throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: ILLUMINA, INC., ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Mark Skinner, Geraint Wyn Evans, Stanley S. Hong, John A. Moon, M. Shane Bowen, Jonathan Mark Boutell, Jason Richard Betley