Patents by Inventor Michael Thacker

Michael Thacker 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: 12292408
    Abstract: Systems are provided for gel electrophoresis and electrotransfer that comprise one or more chambers that can removably and interchangeably receive either an electrophoresis cassette, or an electrotransfer cassette, and provide an electrical interface for both electrophoresis and electrotransfer of biomolecules. Electrophoresis devices including clamps and electrotransfer cassettes and related devices are provided. Methods for electrophoresis and electrotransfer using the systems and devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Life Technologies Corporation, Life Technologies Holdings PTE Limited
    Inventors: Marie Murakami, Kyle Bulloch, Neil Olson, Ross Winnick, Wei Fuh Teo, Michael Thacker
  • Publication number: 20230273153
    Abstract: A protein transfer system includes at least one base configured to receive one or more consumable protein transfer stacks and at least one lid configured to cover the base. The lid(s) comprise(s) one or more electrodes for supplying current to the one or more consumable protein transfer stacks. The protein transfer system further includes at least one voltage source configured to supply the current to the one or more consumable protein transfer stacks, one or more processors, and one or more hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the protein transfer system to control operation of the one or more voltage sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Chee Woei CHONG, Hwee Siong KUAH, Mio Xiu Lu LING, Kian Soon WONG, Jun Yao LIM, Jia Ni Beatrice LIM, Li Yong ONG, Xin Jie Jeryl CHENG, Kok Shyong CHONG, Zeqi TAN, Kguan Tyng LIM, Wei Fuh TEO, Quoc Cuong DINH, Tong BAO, Beng Heng LIM, Paul HANEY, Brian STEER, Michael THACKER, Boguslawa DWORECKI, Kelli FEATHER-HENIGAN, Xin MATHERS, Shahar SCHLEZINGER, Ronen BENARIEH
  • Patent number: 11411885
    Abstract: A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. Once the data migration is complete, the data center may deallocate the data blocks of the existing data volume such that the data blocks can be reused by other data volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Marc Stephen Olson, Nachiappan Arumugam, Michael Thacker, Vijay Prasanth Rajavenkateswaran, Arpit Tripathi, Danny Wei
  • Patent number: 11235323
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to: immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Amshey, Daniel Bezdek, Espir Kahatt, Alexander Khorlin, Lance Parsons, Todd Peterson, Timothy Powers, Michael Thacker, Timothy Updyke, Kornelija Zgonc
  • Publication number: 20220011264
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for gel electrophoresis and electrotransfer comprising one or more chambers that can removably and interchangeably receive either an electrophoresis cassette, or an electrotransfer cassette, and provides an electrical interface for both electrophoresis and electrotransfer of biomolecules. The present disclosure also provides electrophoresis devices including clamps and electrotransfer cassettes and related devices. Methods for electrophoresis and electrotransfer using the systems and devices of the disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Marie MURAKAMI, Kyle BULLOCH, Neil OLSON, Ross WINNICK, Wei Fuh TEO, Michael THACKER
  • Patent number: 10983090
    Abstract: An electrophoresis gel with a gel buffer that includes a gel amine buffer, a primary gel ampholyte, and a conjugate gel ampholyte is disclosed herein. The conjugate gel ampholyte may be selected from threonine and serine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Thacker, Jennifer Miller
  • Publication number: 20200197934
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to: immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph AMSHEY, Daniel BEZDEK, Espir KAHATT, Alexander KHORLIN, Lance PARSONS, Todd PETERSON, Timothy POWERS, Michael THACKER, Timothy UPDYKE, Kornelija ZGONC
  • Publication number: 20200053022
    Abstract: A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. Once the data migration is complete, the data center may deallocate the data blocks of the existing data volume such that the data blocks can be reused by other data volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Marc Stephen Olson, Nachiappan Arumugam, Michael Thacker, Vijay Prasanth Rajavenkateswaran, Arpit Tripathi, Danny Wei
  • Patent number: 10469405
    Abstract: A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. Once the data migration is complete, the data center may deallocate the data blocks of the existing data volume such that the data blocks can be reused by other data volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Marc Stephen Olson, Nachiappan Arumugam, Michael Thacker, Vijay Prasanth Rajavenkateswaran, Arpit Tripathi, Danny Wei
  • Patent number: 10434509
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to: immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Amshey, Daniel Bezdek, Espir Kahatt, Alexander Khorlin, Lance Parsons, Todd Peterson, Timothy Powers, Michael Thacker, Timothy Updyke, Kornelija Zgonc
  • Patent number: 10037298
    Abstract: A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. If a request is received for data not yet migrated to the new data volume, then the new data volume prioritizes a migration of the requested data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Marc Stephen Olson, Nachiappan Arumugam, Michael Thacker, Vijay Prasanth Rajavenkateswaran, Arpit Tripathi, Danny Wei
  • Publication number: 20180111121
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to: immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph AMSHEY, Daniel BEZDEK, Espir KAHATT, Alexander KHORLIN, Lance PARSONS, Todd PETERSON, Timothy POWERS, Michael THACKER, Timothy UPDYKE, Kornelija ZGONC
  • Publication number: 20180006963
    Abstract: A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. Once the data migration is complete, the data center may deallocate the data blocks of the existing data volume such that the data blocks can be reused by other data volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Marc Stephen Olson, Nachiappan Arumugam, Michael Thacker, Vijay Prasanth Rajavenkateswaran, Arpit Tripathi, Danny Wei
  • Publication number: 20180004698
    Abstract: A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. If a request is received for data not yet migrated to the new data volume, then the new data volume prioritizes a migration of the requested data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Marc Stephen Olson, Nachiappan Arumugam, Michael Thacker, Vijay Prasanth Rajavenkateswaran, Arpit Tripathi, Danny Wei
  • Patent number: 9808799
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Amshey, Daniel Bezdek, Espir Kahatt, Alexander Khorlin, Lance Parsons, Todd Peterson, Timothy Powers, Michael Thacker, Timothy Updyke, Kornelija Zgonc
  • Publication number: 20170108466
    Abstract: An electrophoresis gel with a gel buffer that includes a gel amine buffer, a primary gel ampholyte, and a conjugate gel ampholyte is disclosed herein. The conjugate gel ampholyte may be selected from threonine and serine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Michael THACKER, Jennifer MILLER
  • Publication number: 20150044758
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Amshey, Daniel Bezdek, Espir Kahatt, Alexander Khorlin, Lance Parsons, Todd Peterson, Timothy Powers, Michael Thacker, Timothy Updyke, Kornelija Zgonc
  • Patent number: D975873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Marie Murakami, Kyle Bulloch, Neil Olson, Joshua Mead, Ross Winnick, Wei Fuh Teo, Michael Thacker
  • Patent number: D1061937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Life Technologies Corporation, Life Technologies Holdings PTE Limited
    Inventors: Chee Woei Chong, Hwee Siong Kuah, Mio Xiu Lu Ling, Kian Soon Wong, Jun Yao Lim, Jia Ni Beatrice Lim, Li Yong Ong, Xin Jie Jeryl Cheng, Kok Shyong Chong, Zeqi Tan, Kguan Tyng Lim, Wei Fuh Teo, Quoc Cuong Dinh, Tong Bao, Beng Heng Lim, Paul Haney, Brian Steer, Michael Thacker, Boguslawa Dworecki, Kelli Feather-Henigan, Xin Mathers, Shahar Schlezinger, Ronen Benarieh, Yu Soon Su
  • Patent number: D1065585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Life Technologies Corporation, Life Technologies Holdings PTE Limited
    Inventors: Marie Murakami, Kyle Bulloch, Neil Olson, Joshua Mead, Ross Winnick, Wei Fuh Teo, Michael Thacker