Patents by Inventor Natalie Morrell
Natalie Morrell 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).
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Publication number: 20260098256Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods for determining sequences of interest using improved unique molecular indexes (UMIs) that are uniquely associable with individual polynucleotide fragments. Pools of adapters comprising UMIs are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2025Publication date: April 9, 2026Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Louise Fraser, Natalie Morrell, Ana Rita Borba, Niall Anthony Gormley, Ming-Hsiang Lee, Sorena Rahmanian, Jennifer Lococo, Danny Chou
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Patent number: 12570971Abstract: Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for preparing an immobilized library of barcoded DNA fragments of a target nucleic acid, identifying genomic variants, determining the contiguity information, phasing information, and methylation status of the target nucleic acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Illumina Cambridge LimitedInventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin L. Gunderson, Fan Zhang, Jason Richard Betley, Niall Anthony Gormley, Wouter Meuleman, Jacqueline Weir, Avgousta Ioannou, Gareth Jenkins, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Steven J. Norberg, Molly He, Amirali Kia, Igor Goryshin, Rigo Pantoja
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Publication number: 20250369157Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to compositions for next generation sequencing and DNA library preparation, and systems and methods for use of the compositions in generating DNA libraries.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: December 4, 2025Inventors: Sébastien Ricoult, Natalie Morrell, Johan Basuki, Niall Gormley, Claudia Lee
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Publication number: 20250333726Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2025Publication date: October 30, 2025Inventors: Grace Desantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow
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Publication number: 20250197846Abstract: In an example of a method, a deoxyribonucleic acid sample is exposed to tagmentation in the presence of a tagmentation buffer including a divalent cation cofactor and a transposase enzyme to generate a tagmented DNA fragment complex. A chelator mixture is added to the tagmented DNA fragment complex. The chelator mixture includes a chelator of the divalent cation cofactor at a weight ratio that is at least 1:1 with the divalent cation cofactor; and has a pH ranging from 8 to 9. The tagmented DNA fragment complex is incubated in the chelator mixture at a temperature of at least 55° C. for at least about 60 seconds, so that the transposase enzyme dissociates from a tagmented DNA fragment of the tagmented DNA fragment complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Karolina Kuna, Natalie Morrell, Niall Anthony Gormley, Andrew Slatter, Carole Anastasi
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Patent number: 12234451Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Grace Desantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow
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Patent number: 11873480Abstract: Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for preparing an immobilized library of barcoded DNA fragments of a target nucleic acid, identifying genomic variants, determining the contiguity information, phasing information, and methylation status of the target nucleic acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITEDInventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin L. Gunderson, Fan Zhang, Jason Richard Betley, Niall Anthony Gormley, Wouter Meuleman, Jacqueline Weir, Avgousta Ioannou, Gareth Jenkins, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Steven J. Norberg, Molly He, Amirali Kia, Igor Goryshin, Rigo Pantoja
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Publication number: 20230409629Abstract: In an example method, a series of time-based clustering images is generated for a plurality of library fragments from a genome sample. Each time-based clustering image in the series is sequentially generated. To generate each time-based clustering image in the series: i) a respective sample is introduced to a flow cell, the respective sample including contiguity preserved library fragments of the plurality of library fragments, wherein the contiguity preserved library fragments are attached to a solid support or are attached to each other; ii) the contiguity preserved library fragments are released from the solid support or from each other; iii) the contiguity preserved library fragments are amplified to generate a plurality of respective template strands; iv) the respective template strands are stained; and v) the respective template strands are imaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Vicki Thomson
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Publication number: 20230392142Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicants: Illumina, Inc., Illumina Cambridge LimitedInventors: Grace Desantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow
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Patent number: 11714848Abstract: In an example method, a series of time-based clustering images is generated for a plurality of library fragments from a genome sample. Each time-based clustering image in the series is sequentially generated. To generate each time-based clustering image in the series: i) a respective sample is introduced to a flow cell, the respective sample including contiguity preserved library fragments of the plurality of library fragments, wherein the contiguity preserved library fragments are attached to a solid support or are attached to each other; ii) the contiguity preserved library fragments are released from the solid support or from each other; iii) the contiguity preserved library fragments are amplified to generate a plurality of respective template strands; iv) the respective template strands are stained; and v) the respective template strands are imaged.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Illumina Cambridge LimitedInventors: Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Vicki Thomson
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Patent number: 11708573Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Grace DeSantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow
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Publication number: 20220403376Abstract: Presented herein are methods and compositions surface-based tagmentation. In particular embodiments, methods of preparing an immobilized library of fragmented and tagged DNA molecules on a solid surface are presented. In particular embodiments, the solid surface comprises immobilized transposomes in a dried format, suitable for reconstitution upon contact with liquid, such as a liquid sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Illumina Cambridge LimitedInventors: Niall Anthony Gormley, Avgousta Ioannou, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell
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Patent number: 11453875Abstract: Presented herein are methods and compositions surface-based tagmentation. In particular embodiments, methods of preparing an immobilized library of fragmented and tagged DNA molecules on a solid surface are presented. In particular embodiments, the solid surface comprises immobilized transposomes in a dried format, suitable for reconstitution upon contact with liquid, such as a liquid sample.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITEDInventors: Niall Anthony Gormley, Avgousta Ioannou, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell
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Publication number: 20220282242Abstract: Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for preparing an immobilized library of barcoded DNA fragments of a target nucleic acid, identifying genomic variants, determining the contiguity information, phasing information, and methylation status of the target nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin L. Gunderson, Fan Zhang, Jason Richard Betley, Niall Anthony Gormley, Wouter Meuleman, Jacqueline Weir, Avgousta Ioannou, Gareth Jenkins, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Steven J. Norberg, Molly He, Amirali Kia, Igor Goryshin, Rigo Pantoja
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Publication number: 20220171802Abstract: In an example method, a series of time-based clustering images is generated for a plurality of library fragments from a genome sample. Each time-based clustering image in the series is sequentially generated. To generate each time-based clustering image in the series: i) a respective sample is introduced to a flow cell, the respective sample including contiguity preserved library fragments of the plurality of library fragments, wherein the contiguity preserved library fragments are attached to a solid support or are attached to each other; ii) the contiguity preserved library fragments are released from the solid support or from each other; iii) the contiguity preserved library fragments are amplified to generate a plurality of respective template strands; iv) the respective template strands are stained; and v) the respective template strands are imaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Vicki Thomson
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Publication number: 20210139887Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicants: Illumina, Inc., Illumina Cambridge LimitedInventors: Grace DeSantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow
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Patent number: 10920219Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignees: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Grace DeSantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow
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Publication number: 20190048332Abstract: Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for preparing an immobilized library of barcoded DNA fragments of a target nucleic acid, identifying genomic variants, determining the contiguity information, phasing information, and methylation status of the target nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin L. Gunderson, Fan Zhang, Jason Richard Betley, Niall Anthony Gormley, Wouter Meuleman, Jacqueline Weir, Avgousta Ioannou, Gareth Jenkins, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Steven J. Norberg, Molly He, Amirali Kia, Igor Goryshin, Rigo Pantoja
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Publication number: 20190040382Abstract: Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for preparing an immobilized library of barcoded DNA fragments of a target nucleic acid, identifying genomic variants, determining the contiguity information, phasing information, and methylation status of the target nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITEDInventors: Frank J. Steemers, Kevin L. Gunderson, Fan Zhang, Jason Richard Betley, Niall Anthony Gormley, Wouter Meuleman, Jacqueline Weir, Avgousta Ioannou, Gareth Jenkins, Rosamond Jackson, Natalie Morrell, Dmitry K. Pokholok, Steven J. Norberg, Molly He, Amirali Kia, Igor Goryshin, Rigo Pantoja
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Publication number: 20180245069Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating target nucleic acids, including methods and compositions for fragmenting and tagging nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) using transposome complexes bound to a solid support.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Grace DeSantis, Stephen M. Gross, Jian-Sen Li, Natalie Morrell, Andrew Slatter, Kevin Shen, Samantha Snow