Patents by Inventor Kendra Lara Paul

Kendra Lara Paul 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).

  • Closed-system multi-stage nucleic acid amplification reactions
    Patent number: 8728765
    Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for carrying out multi-stage amplification reactions, especially under fluidly closed conditions. In one aspect, methods of the invention are carried out in a fluidly closed reaction system that permits the isolation of a portion of a first (or prior) reaction mixture and its use as a sample or specimen in a second (or subsequent) reaction mixture, thereby substantially avoiding interfering effects that first reaction components may have in the second reaction if both reaction mixtures were simply combined together. In this aspect, systems, methods, and apparatus of the invention may be used with any amplification reaction that permits multiple stages of amplification based on the use of nested primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Cepheid
    Inventors: Jesus Ching, Ronald Chang, Douglas Dority, Jian Ping Zhang, James Jian Quan Wang, Wendy Wong, Kendra Lara Paul, Reuel Van Atta
  • CLOSED-SYSTEM MULTI-STAGE NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20120244534
    Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for carrying out multi-stage amplification reactions, especially under fluidly closed conditions. In one aspect, methods of the invention are carried out in a fluidly closed reaction system that permits the isolation of a portion of a first (or prior) reaction mixture and its use as a sample or specimen in a second (or subsequent) reaction mixture, thereby substantially avoiding interfering effects that first reaction components may have in the second reaction if both reaction mixtures were simply combined together. In this aspect, systems, methods, and apparatus of the invention may be used with any amplification reaction that permits multiple stages of amplification based on the use of nested primers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Cephied
    Inventors: Jesus Ching, Ronald Chang, Douglas Dority, Jian Ping Zhang, James Jian Quan Wang, Wendy Wingkei Wong, Kendra Lara Paul, Reuel Van Atta
  • Closed-system multi-stage nucleic acid amplification reactions
    Patent number: 8133703
    Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for carrying out multi-stage amplification reactions, especially under fluidly closed conditions. In one aspect, methods of the invention are carried out in a fluidly closed reaction system that permits the isolation of a portion of a first (or prior) reaction mixture and its use as a sample or specimen in a second (or subsequent) reaction mixture, thereby substantially avoiding interfering effects that first reaction components may have in the second reaction if both reaction mixtures were simply combined together. In this aspect, systems, methods, and apparatus of the invention may be used with any amplification reaction that permits multiple stages of amplification based on the use of nested primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Ceoheid
    Inventors: Jesus Ching, Ronald Chang, Douglas Bryan Dority, Jian Ping Zhang, James Jian Quan Wang, Wendy Wingkei Wong, Kendra Lara Paul, Reuel Van Atta