Patents by Inventor Katy KAO

Katy KAO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240043909
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and platforms using Receptor Compartmentalized Partnered Replication (CPR), in which the partner gene is a receptor, signal transduction pathway, or metabolic pathway that leads to the production of an effector molecule for the receptor or signal transduction pathway. The signal transduction pathway or receptor is coupled to the production of a thermostable polymerase. Emulsification of libraries of organisms with primers that can amplify the partner gene led to the selective amplification of those partner genes that were best able to produce the thermostable polymerase during thermal cycling of the emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew ELLINGTON, Jimmy GOLLIHAR, Katy KAO, Elizabeth GARDNER
  • Patent number: 11746374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and platforms using Receptor Compartmentalized Partnered Replication (CPR), in which the partner gene is a receptor, signal transduction pathway, or metabolic pathway that leads to the production of an effector molecule for the receptor or signal transduction pathway. The signal transduction pathway or receptor is coupled to the production of a thermostable polymerase. Emulsification of libraries of organisms with primers that can amplify the partner gene led to the selective amplification of those partner genes that were best able to produce the thermostable polymerase during thermal cycling of the emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew Ellington, Jimmy Gollihar, Katy Kao, Elizabeth Gardner
  • Publication number: 20200208201
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and platforms using Receptor Compartmentalized Partnered Replication (CPR), in which the partner gene is a receptor, signal transduction pathway, or metabolic pathway that leads to the production of an effector molecule for the receptor or signal transduction pathway. The signal transduction pathway or receptor is coupled to the production of a thermostable polymerase. Emulsification of libraries of organisms with primers that can amplify the partner gene led to the selective amplification of those partner genes that were best able to produce the thermostable polymerase during thermal cycling of the emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew ELLINGTON, Jimmy GOLLIHAR, Katy KAO, Elizabeth GARDNER