Patents by Inventor Lauren Higgins

Lauren Higgins 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: 20180362960
    Abstract: Among other things, a method for performing multiple enzyme reactions in a single tube is provided. In some embodiments, the method may comprise producing a reaction mix comprising a thermolabile UDG, an AP lyase and DNA fragments that comprise one or more uracil residues, incubating the reaction mix at a relatively low temperature to cleave fragments at the one or more uracil residues, raising the temperature of the reaction mix to a relatively high temperature to inactivate the thermolabile UDG; and deaminating the fragments, thereby converting any cytosine in the fragments of DNA to uracil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Romualdas Vaisvila, Lauren Higgins, Ashley Luck
  • Patent number: 10155939
    Abstract: Among other things, a method for performing multiple enzyme reactions in a single tube is provided. In some embodiments, the method may comprise producing a reaction mix comprising a thermolabile UDG, an AP lyase and DNA fragments that comprise one or more uracil residues, incubating the reaction mix at a relatively low temperature to cleave fragments at the one or more uracil residues, raising the temperature of the reaction mix to a relatively high temperature to inactivate the thermolabile UDG; and deaminating the fragments, thereby converting any cytosine in the fragments of DNA to uracil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Romualdas Vaisvila, Lauren Higgins, Ashley Luck