Patents by Inventor Mark Lefever

Mark Lefever 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: 11906523
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20240011099
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of staining a biological specimen (e.g. a single serial tissue section derived from a biological sample) with one or more routine and/or special statins while concomitantly labeling the same biological specimen with one or more detectable moieties without the need for stripping any stain or evaluating different images of stained serial tissue sections of a biological specimen. In some embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to a biological specimen stained with one or more conventional dyes, and where the biological specimen further includes one or more biomarkers labeled with one or more detectable moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel R. Bauer, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison
  • Publication number: 20230192658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are detectable moieties and detectable conjugates comprising one or more detectable moieties. In some embodiments, the disclosed detectable moieties have a narrow wavelength and are suitable for multiplexing. Also disclosed are methods of labeling one or more targets within a biological specimen using any of the detectable conjugates and/or detectable moieties described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Lefever
  • Patent number: 11359185
    Abstract: Antibody/signal-generating moiety conjugates are disclosed that include an antibody covalently linked to a signal-generating moiety through a heterobifunctional polyalkyleneglycol linker. The disclosed conjugates show exceptional signal-generation in immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization assays on tissue sections and cytology samples. In one embodiment, enzyme-metallographic detection of nucleic acid sequences with hapten-labeled probes can be accomplished using the disclosed conjugates as a primary antibody without amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bieniarz, Jerome W Kosmeder, Mark Lefever, Casey A Kernag, Julia Ashworth-Sharpe, Jennifer Wong
  • Publication number: 20220178934
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20210349101
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel coumarin-based reagents, e.g. linkers, and conjugates including one or more of the disclosed coumarin-based reagents. In some embodiments, the presence of a coumarin moiety within the coumarin-based reagents enables detection of labels which are typically difficult to detect, e.g. certain haptens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Rui Hong, Mark Lefever, Eric May
  • Publication number: 20210341466
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel chromogenic conjugates, the conjugates comprising at least two detectable moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Julia Ashworth-Sharpe, Brian D. Kelly, Mark Lefever, Nathan W. Polaske
  • Patent number: 11143648
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel chromogenic conjugates, the conjugates comprising at least two detectable moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia Ashworth-Sharpe, Brian D. Kelly, Mark Lefever, Nathan W. Polaske
  • Patent number: 11092594
    Abstract: A method for performing a multiplexed diagnostic assay, such as for two or more different targets in a sample, is described. One embodiment comprised contacting the sample with two or more specific binding moieties that bind specifically to two or more different targets. The two or more specific binding moieties are conjugated to different haptens, and at least one of the haptens is an oxazole, a pyrazole, a thiazole, a nitroaryl compound other than dinitrophenyl, a benzofurazan, a triterpene, a urea, athiourea, a rotenoid, a coumarin, a cyclolignan, a heterobiaryl, an azo aryl, or a benzodiazepine. The sample is contacted with two or more different anti-hapten antibodies that can be detected separately. The two or more different anti-hapten antibodies may be conjugated to different detectable labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Donald Johnson, Michael Farrell, Zhanna Zhilina, Christopher Bieniarz
  • Publication number: 20210063411
    Abstract: Particular disclosed embodiments disclosed herein concern using a one or more various mass tags, which can be specifically deposited at targets through direct or indirect enzymatic-catalyzed transformation, to provide a method for identifying targets in tissue samples. The mass tags may be labeled with stable isotopes to produce mass tags having the same chemical structure but different masses. Mass codes produced by ionizing the mass tags are detected and/or quantified using mass spectrometry. The method can be used for multiplexed detection of multiple targets in a particular sample. In some embodiments, a map divided into sections representing sections of the tissue sample may be prepared, with the map sections including data corresponding to quantification data wherein the size of a mass peak is determined and correlated with the amount of a target for the corresponding tissue sample section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Bieniarz, Jan Froehlich, Brian Daniel Kelly, Rui Hong, Mark Lefever, Phillip Miller, Hong Wang
  • Publication number: 20210055285
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel chromogenic conjugates, the conjugates comprising at least two detectable moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Julia Ashworth-Sharpe, Brian D. Kelly, Mark Lefever, Nathan W. Polaske
  • Patent number: 10883999
    Abstract: Particular disclosed embodiments disclosed herein concern using a one or more various mass tags, which can be specifically deposited at targets through direct or indirect enzymatic-catalyzed transformation, to provide a method for identifying targets in tissue samples. The mass tags may be labeled with stable isotopes to produce mass tags having the same chemical structure but different masses. Mass codes produced by ionizing the mass tags are detected and/or quantified using mass spectrometry. The method can be used for multiplexed detection of multiple targets in a particular sample. In some embodiments, a map divided into sections representing sections of the tissue sample may be prepared, with the map sections including data corresponding to quantification data wherein the size of a mass peak is determined and correlated with the amount of a target for the corresponding tissue sample section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Hong, Hong Wang, Mark Lefever, Jan Froehlich, Christopher Bieniarz, Brian Daniel Kelly, Phillip Miller
  • Publication number: 20200333349
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20200326345
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20200319193
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20200249238
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Patent number: 10557851
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nelson Alexander, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20190187130
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel chromogenic conjugates, the conjugates comprising at least two detectable moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Julia Ashworth-Sharpe, Brian D. Kelly, Mark Lefever, Nathan W. Polaske
  • Publication number: 20190018018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a signaling conjugate, embodiments of a method of using the signaling conjugates, and embodiments of a kit comprising the signaling conjugate. The disclosed signaling conjugate comprises a latent reactive moiety and a chromogenic moiety that may further comprise a linker suitable for coupling the latent reactive moiety to the chromogenic moiety. The signaling conjugate may be used to detect one or more targets in a biological sample and are capable of being covalently deposited directly on or proximally to the target. Particular disclosed embodiments of the method of using the signaling conjugate comprise multiplexing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Nelson ALEXANDER, William Day, Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Larry Morrison, Anne M. Pedata, Stacey Stanislaw
  • Publication number: 20190004061
    Abstract: Particular disclosed embodiments disclosed herein concern using a one or more various mass tags, which can be specifically deposited at targets through direct or indirect enzymatic-catalyzed transformation, to provide a method for identifying targets in tissue samples. The mass tags may be labeled with stable isotopes to produce mass tags having the same chemical structure but different masses. Mass codes produced by ionizing the mass tags are detected and/or quantified using mass spectrometry. The method can be used for multiplexed detection of multiple targets in a particular sample. In some embodiments, a map divided into sections representing sections of the tissue sample may be prepared, with the map sections including data corresponding to quantification data wherein the size of a mass peak is determined and correlated with the amount of a target for the corresponding tissue sample section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Rui Hong, Hong Wang, Mark Lefever, Jan Froehlich, Christopher Bieniarz, Brian Daniel Kelly, Phillip Miller