Patents by Inventor Melissa Jane Fullwood

Melissa Jane Fullwood 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).

  • Nucleic acid interaction analysis
    Patent number: 8263367
    Abstract: The present invention provides at least one isolated linear composite nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one first tag from at least one first nucleic acid molecule and at least one second tag from at least one second nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first and second nucleic acids interact in a nucleic acid mixture; and wherein the first and second tags are from different nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides a method of producing at least one isolated linear composite nucleic acid and to a method of detecting and/or identifying nucleic acid interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Yijun Ruan, Chialin Wei, Melissa Jane Fullwood, Jun Liu
  • Nucleic acid interaction analysis
    Patent number: 8071296
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated oligonucleotide and a method using the isolated oligonucleotide to detect and/or identify at least two polynucleotides from a nucleic acid-protein complex. The oligonucleotide comprises at least one first tag and at least one second tag, wherein the first and second tags are obtained from a nucleic acid-protein complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Yijun Ruan, Melissa Jane Fullwood, Chia Lin Wei
  • Nucleic Acid Interaction Analysis
    Publication number: 20090191598
    Abstract: The present invention provides at least one isolated linear composite nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one first tag from at least one first nucleic acid molecule and at least one second tag from at least one second nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first and second nucleic acids interact in a nucleic acid mixture; and wherein the first and second tags are from different nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides a method of producing at least one isolated linear composite nucleic acid and to a method of detecting and/or identifying nucleic acid interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yijun Ruan, Chialin Wei, Melissa Jane Fullwood, Jun Liu
  • Nucleic acid concatenation
    Publication number: 20080124707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manipulating nucleic acids. In particular, of length-controlled concatenating of nucleotide fragments, the method comprising: (a) providing at least two nucleotide fragments, wherein each fragment has one ligatable end and one non-ligatable end; and (b) allowing the two fragments to ligate at the ligatable ends to form an oligonucleotide comprising at least two concatenated nucleotide fragments. The present invention also provides an isolated oligonucleotide comprising at least two nucleotide fragments, wherein each fragment has at least one ligatable end and and one non-ligatable end, and the fragments are ligated at the ligatable ends to form the oligonucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Yijun Ruan, Patrick Ng, Melissa Jane Fullwood, Yen Ling Lee