Patents by Inventor Kok-Hao Chen

Kok-Hao Chen 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: 11959075
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20230323338
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20230323339
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20230279387
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20230279383
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20230083623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pair of non-naturally occurring nucleic acid probes for detecting a polynucleotide analyte for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) wherein the probes comprise a first nucleic acid probe comprising a first probe binding arm that is complementary to a first probe target region of a bridge probe and a first polynucleotide analyte binding arm that is complementary to a first analyte target region of a polynucleotide analyte and a second nucleic acid probe comprising a second probe binding arm that is complementary to a second probe target region of the bridge probe. The binding of the pair of probes to target polynucleotides permits the binding of the bridge probe to allow detection of the polynucleotide analyte. It also provides a probe system comprising said pair of nucleic acid probes and methods of detecting polynucleotide analytes in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kok Hao Chen, Jie Lin Jolene GOH, Shijie Nigel Chou, Wan Yi Seow, Norbert Ha, Ziqing Zhao, Christabelle Goh
  • Publication number: 20220375546
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for processing multiplexed image data from a fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) experiment. According to exemplary embodiments, a convolutional neural network (CNN) may be applied to the image data to localize and identify hybridization spots in images corresponding to different sets of targeting probes. The CNN is configured in such a way that it is able to discriminate hybridization spots in situations that are difficult for conventional techniques. The CNN may be trained on a relatively small amount of data by exploiting the nature of the FISH codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Jin-An Huang, Yun-Ching Chang, Dan Xie, Kok Hao Chen, Shijie Nigel Chou
  • Publication number: 20220025442
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11098303
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20170220733
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for imaging or determining nucleic acids, for instance, within cells. In some embodiments, the transcriptome of a cell may be determined. Certain embodiments are directed to determining nucleic acids, such as mRNA, within cells at relatively high resolutions. In some embodiments, a plurality of nucleic acid probes may be applied to a sample, and their binding within the sample determined, e.g., using fluorescence, to determine locations of the nucleic acid probes within the sample. In some embodiments, codewords may be based on the binding of the plurality of nucleic acid probes, and in some cases, the codewords may define an error-correcting code to reduce or prevent misidentification of the nucleic acids. In certain cases, a relatively large number of different targets may be identified using a relatively small number of labels, e.g., by using various combinatorial approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhuang, Kok-Hao Chen, Alistair Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang