Patents by Inventor Mineo Yamakawa

Mineo Yamakawa 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: 7914740
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting the presence of biomolecules in a sample using biosensors that incorporate resonators which have functionalized surfaces for reacting with target biomolecules. In one embodiment, a device includes a piezoelectric resonator having a functionalized surface configured to react with target molecules, thereby changing the mass and/or charge of the resonator which consequently changes the frequency response of the resonator. The resonator's frequency response after exposure to a sample is compared to a reference, such as the frequency response before exposure to the sample, a stored baseline frequency response or a control resonator's frequency response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuegang Zhang, Andrew A. Berlin, Qing Ma, Li-Peng Wang, Valluri Rao, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20110065140
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a device comprising (1) an array of electromagnetic elements comprising coils, metal cores, and metal core heads, and (2) a controller that is adapted to control a current for one or more coils individually, to vary the current for said one or more coils individually, to reverse the current for one or more coils individually, and to generate a specific magnetic flux distribution and gradient across two or more coils; wherein the metal core head is at one end of the coil and the metal core head has a geometry to create a desired magnetic flux, intensity and gradient, in a region of interest between two adjacent coils; further wherein the device is functionally coupled to a fluidic device to concentrate and transport magnetic particles in a fluid without fluidic movement of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Xing SU, Kenneth Swartz, Liming Wang, David Eric Schwartz, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7894056
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Raman spectroscopy structure comprising a porous material substrate, and a method of performing Raman spectroscopy of a sample disposed adjacent to the structure comprising the porous material substrate. Generally, the substrate includes one or more layers of a porous material such as porous silicon, porous polysilicon, porous ceramics, porous silica, porous alumina, porous silicon-germanium, porous germanium, porous gallium arsenide, porous gallium phosphide, porous zinc oxide, and porous silicon carbide. It has been discovered that such a substrate material, when excited with near-infrared light, does not exhibit undesired background fluorescence characteristic of other known Raman spectroscopy substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tae-Woong T. Koo, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7871569
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting the presence of biomolecules in a sample using biosensors that incorporate resonators which have functionalized surfaces for reacting with target biomolecules. In one embodiment, a device includes a piezoelectric resonator having a functionalized surface configured to react with target molecules, thereby changing the mass and/or charge of the resonator which consequently changes the frequency response of the resonator. The resonator's frequency response after exposure to a sample is compared to a reference, such as the frequency response before exposure to the sample, a stored baseline frequency response or a control resonator's frequency response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuegang Zhang, Andrew A. Berlin, Qing Ma, Li-Peng Wang, Valluri Rao, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20100322825
    Abstract: A microfluidic device and method is disclosed for fractionating and/or trapping selected molecules with a diffusion barrier or porous membrane. The device includes a source fluid flow channel and a target fluid flow channel. The target fluid flow channel and the source fluid flow channel meet at cross-channel area and are in fluid communication with each other. A porous membrane separates the source fluid flow channel from the target fluid flow channel in the cross-channel area. A field-force/gradient mechanism may be positioned proximate the porous membrane with or without detection/state monitoring devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Mineo Yamakawa, John Heck
  • Patent number: 7820454
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a device comprising (1) an array of electromagnetic elements comprising coils, metal cores, and metal core heads, and (2) a controller that is adapted to control a current for one or more coils individually, to vary the current for said one or more coils individually, to reverse the current for one or more coils individually, and to generate a specific magnetic flux distribution and gradient across two or more coils; wherein the metal core head is at one end of the coil and the metal core head has a geometry to create a desired magnetic flux, intensity and gradient, in a region of interest between two adjacent coils; further wherein the device is functionally coupled to a fluidic device to concentrate and transport magnetic particles in a fluid without fluidic movement of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Su, Kenneth Swartz, Liming Wang, David Eric Schwartz, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20100267013
    Abstract: The methods and apparatus disclosed herein concern nucleic acid sequencing by enhanced Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments of the invention, nucleotides are covalently attached to Raman labels before incorporation into a nucleic acid. In other embodiments, unlabeled nucleic acids are used. Exonuclease treatment of the nucleic acid results in the release of labeled or unlabeled nucleotides that are detected by Raman spectroscopy. In alternative embodiments of the invention, nucleotides released from a nucleic acid by exonuclease treatment are covalently cross-linked to nanoparticles and detected by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) and/or coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS). Other embodiments of the invention concern apparatus for nucleic acid sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing Su, Andrew Arthur Berlin, Selena Chan, Steven J. Kirch, Tae-Woong Koo, Gabi Neubauer, Valluri Rao, Narayan Sundararajan, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7705222
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus and compositions disclosed herein concern the detection, identification and/or sequencing of biomolecules, such as nucleic acids or proteins. In certain embodiments of the invention, coded probes comprising a probe molecule attached to one or more nano-barcodes may be allowed to bind to one or more target molecules. After binding and separation from unbound coded probes, the bound coded probes may be aligned on a surface and analyzed by scanning probe microscopy. Where the probes are oligonucleotides, adjacent coded probes hybridized to a target nucleic acid may be ligated together before alignment and SPM analysis. Compositions comprising coded probes are also disclosed herein. Systems for biomolecule analysis may comprise an SPM instrument and at least one coded probe attached to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Selena Chan, Xing Su, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20100085565
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Raman spectroscopy structure comprising a porous material substrate, and a method of performing Raman spectroscopy of a sample disposed adjacent to the structure comprising the porous material substrate. Generally, the substrate includes one or more layers of a porous material such as porous silicon, porous polysilicon, porous ceramics, porous silica, porous alumina, porous silicon-germanium, porous germanium, porous gallium arsenide, porous gallium phosphide, porous zinc oxide, and porous silicon carbide. It has been discovered that such a substrate material, when excited with near-infrared light, does not exhibit undesired background fluorescence characteristic of other known Raman spectroscopy substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Tae-Woong T. Koo, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20090262994
    Abstract: In certain embodiments of the invention, a plurality of images of one or more subjects may be captured using different imaging techniques, such as different modalities of scanning probe microscopy. Parameters may be estimated from the plurality of images, using one or more models of known molecular structures to provide a model-based analysis. The estimated parameters may be fused, with further input from physical models of known molecular structures. The fused parameters may be used to characterize the subjects. Such characterization may include the detection and/or identification of specific molecular structures, such as proteins, peptides and/or nucleic acids of known sequence and/or structure. In some embodiments of the invention the structural characterizations may be used to identify previously unknown properties of a subject molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Horst Haussecker, Andrew A. Berlin, Selena Chan, Eric Hannah, Narayanan Sundararajan, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7606403
    Abstract: In certain embodiments of the invention, a plurality of images of one or more subjects may be captured using different imaging techniques, such as different modalities of scanning probe microscopy. Parameters may be estimated from the plurality of images, using one or more models of known molecular structures to provide a model-based analysis. The estimated parameters may be fused, with further input from physical models of known molecular structures. The fused parameters may be used to characterize the subjects. Such characterization may include the detection and/or identification of specific molecular structures, such as proteins, peptides and/or nucleic acids of known sequence and/or structure. In some embodiments of the invention the structural characterizations may be used to identify previously unknown properties of a subject molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Horst Haussecker, Andrew A. Berlin, Selena Chan, Eric Hannah, Narayanan Sundararajan, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7599056
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Raman spectroscopy structure comprising a porous material substrate, and a method of performing Raman spectroscopy of a sample disposed adjacent to the structure comprising the porous material substrate. Generally, the substrate includes one or more layers of a porous material such as porous silicon, porous polysilicon, porous ceramics, porous silica, porous alumina, porous silicon-germanium, porous germanium, porous gallium arsenide, porous gallium phosphide, porous zinc oxide, and porous silicon carbide. It has been discovered that such a substrate material, when excited with near-infrared light, does not exhibit undesired background fluorescence characteristic of other known Raman spectroscopy substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tae-Woong T. Koo, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20090169466
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus and systems disclosed herein concern ordered arrays of carbon nanotubes. In particular embodiments of the invention, the nanotube arrays are formed by a method comprising attaching catalyst nanoparticles 140, 230 to polymer 120, 210 molecules, attaching the polymer 120, 210 molecules to a substrate, removing the polymer 120, 210 molecules and producing carbon nanotubes on the catalyst nanoparticles 140, 230. The polymer 120, 210 molecules can be attached to the substrate in ordered patterns, using self-assembly or molecular alignment techniques. The nanotube arrays can be attached to selected areas 110, 310 of the substrate. Within the selected areas 110, 310, the nanotubes are distributed non-randomly. Other embodiments disclosed herein concern apparatus that include ordered arrays of nanotubes attached to a substrate and systems that include ordered arrays of carbon nanotubes attached to a substrate, produced by the claimed methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Mineo Yamakawa, Yuegang Zhang, Xing Su, Lei Sun, Andrew A. Berlin, Narayanan Sundararajan
  • Publication number: 20090170725
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus and systems disclosed herein concern ordered arrays of carbon nanotubes. In particular embodiments of the invention, the nanotube arrays are formed by a method comprising attaching catalyst nanoparticles 140, 230 to polymer 120, 210 molecules, attaching the polymer 120, 210 molecules to a substrate, removing the polymer 120, 210 molecules and producing carbon nanotubes on the catalyst nanoparticles 140, 230. The polymer 120, 210 molecules can be attached to the substrate in ordered patterns, using self-assembly or molecular alignment techniques. The nanotube arrays can be attached to selected areas 110, 310 of the substrate. Within the selected areas 110, 310, the nanotubes are distributed non-randomly. Other embodiments disclosed herein concern apparatus that include ordered arrays of nanotubes attached to a substrate and systems that include ordered arrays of carbon nanotubes attached to a substrate, produced by the claimed methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Mineo Yamakawa, Yuegang Zhang, Xing Su, Lei Sun, Andrew A. Berlin, Narayanan Sundararajan
  • Patent number: 7531726
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus and compositions disclosed herein concern the detection, identification and/or sequencing of biomolecules, such as nucleic acids or proteins. In certain embodiments of the invention, coded probes comprising a probe molecule attached to one or more nanobarcodes may be allowed to bind to one or more target molecules. After binding and separation from unbound coded probes, the bound coded probes may be aligned on a surface and analyzed by scanning probe microscopy. The nanobarcodes may be any molecule or complex that is distinguishable by SPM, such as carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, submicrometer metallic barcodes, nanoparticles or quantum dots. Where the probes are oligonucleotides, adjacent coded probes hybridized to a target nucleic acid may be ligated together before alignment and scanning probe microscopy (SPM) analysis. Compositions comprising coded probes are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Selena Chan, Xing Su, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7476786
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus and compositions disclosed herein concern the detection, identification and/or sequencing of biomolecules, such as nucleic acids or proteins. In certain embodiments of the invention, coded probes comprising a probe molecule attached to one or more nano-barcodes may be allowed to bind to one or more target molecules. After binding and separation from unbound coded probes, the bound coded probes may be aligned on a surface and analyzed by scanning probe microscopy. The nano-barcodes may be any molecule or complex that is distinguishable by scanning probe microscopy (SPM), such as carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, submicrometer metallic barcodes, nanoparticles or quantum dots. Where the probes are oligonucleotides, adjacent coded probes hybridized to a target nucleic acid may be ligated together before alignment and scanning probe microscopy (SPM) analysis. Compositions comprising coded probes are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Selena Chan, Xing Su, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20090005260
    Abstract: Method and device to collect multiplex data simultaneously in analyte detection and analyze the data by experimentally trained software (machine-learning) is disclosed. Various ways (magnetic particles and microcoils) are disclosed to collect multiple reporter (tag) signals. Multiplex detection can increase the biomolecule analysis efficiency by using small sample size and saving assay reagents and time. Machine learning and data analysis schemes are also disclosed. Multiple affinity binding partners, each labeled by a unique reporter, are contacted with a sample and a single spectrum is taken to detect multiple reporter signals. The spectrum is deconvoluted by experimentally trained software to identify multiple analytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Xing Su, Lei Sun, Mineo Yamakawa, Jingwu Zhang, Qing Ma, Tae-Woong Koo, Richard Jones
  • Patent number: 7465578
    Abstract: The methods, compositions and apparatus disclosed herein are of use for nucleic acid sequence determination. The methods involve isolation of one or more nucleic acid template molecules and polymerization of a nascent complementary strand of nucleic acid, using a DNA or RNA polymerase or similar synthetic reagent. As the nascent strand is extended one nucleotide at a time, the disappearance of nucleotide precursors from solution is monitored by Raman spectroscopy or FRET. The nucleic acid sequence of the nascent strand, and the complementary sequence of the template strand, may be determined by tracking the order of incorporation of nucleotide precursors during the polymerization reaction. Certain embodiments concern apparatus comprising a reaction chamber and detection unit, of use in practicing the claimed methods. The methods, compositions and apparatus are of use in sequencing very long nucleic acid templates in a single sequencing reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Berlin, Steven J. Kirch, Gabi Neubauer, Valluri Rao, Mineo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20080262989
    Abstract: Method and device to collect multiplex data simultaneously in analyte detection and analyze the data by experimentally trained software (machine-learning) is disclosed. Various ways (magnetic particles and microcoils) are disclosed to collect multiple reporter (tag) signals. Multiplex detection can increase the biomolecule analysis efficiency by using small sample size and saving assay reagents and time. Machine learning and data analysis schemes are also disclosed. Multiple affinity binding partners, each labeled by a unique reporter, are contacted with a sample and a single spectrum is taken to detect multiple reporter signals. The spectrum is deconvoluted by experimentally trained software to identify multiple analytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Xing Su, Lei Sun, Mineo Yamakawa, Jingwu Zhang, Qing Ma, Tae-Woong Koo, Richard Jones
  • Publication number: 20080241828
    Abstract: Epigenetic events such as DNA methylation play important roles in the regulation of gene expression. DNA methylation patterns have been found to differ between healthy and diseased tissue, such as healthy and cancerous tissue, thereby allowing DNA methylation to serve as a biomarker for disease states. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for detecting methylation patterns in DNA polymers. Methylation patterns are detected, in part, through the use of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). SERS provides a sensitive structure-based technique for chemical analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Kai Wu, Xing Su, Mineo Yamakawa