Patents by Inventor Neil Roger Wood

Neil Roger Wood 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).

  • Mutant pore
    Patent number: 11939359
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Mark Bruce, Luke McNeill, Ramiz Iqbal Nathani, Pratik Raj Singh, Neil Roger Wood, Stephen Robert Young
  • METHOD
    Publication number: 20240060126
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark John Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • Method of improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore
    Patent number: 11739377
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein. The invention also relates to improved transmembrane pores and polynucleotide binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • METHOD
    Publication number: 20220283141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of producing hetero-oligomeric pores. The invention also relates to hetero-oligomeric pores produced using the method and polynucleotide characterisation using the hetero-oligomeric pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, John Joseph Kilgour, Neil Roger Wood
  • Method for producing a hetero-oligomeric pore comprising two different monomers in a specific stiochiometric ratio
    Patent number: 11307192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of producing hetero-oligomeric pores. The invention also relates to hetero-oligomeric pores produced using the method and polynucleotide characterisation using the hetero-oligomeric pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, John Joseph Kilgour, Neil Roger Wood
  • MUTANT PORE
    Publication number: 20220064230
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Mark Bruce, Luke McNeill, Ramiz Iqbal Nathani, Pratik Raj Singh, Neil Roger Wood, Stephen Robert Young
  • Mutant pore
    Patent number: 11104709
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Mark John Bruce, Luke McNeill, Ramiz Iqbal Nathani, Pratik Raj Singh, Neil Roger Wood, Stephen Robert Young
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF A TARGET POLYNUCLEOTIDE WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSMEMBRANE PORE
    Publication number: 20210139972
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • Method of improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore
    Patent number: 10844432
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein. The invention also relates to improved transmembrane pores and polynucleotide binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark John Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF A TARGET POLYNUCLEOTIDE WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSMEMBRANE PORE
    Publication number: 20200224262
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark John Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • Method of improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore
    Patent number: 10443097
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein. The invention also relates to improved transmembrane pores and polynucleotide binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark John Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • MUTANT PORE
    Publication number: 20190202876
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Mark John Bruce, Luke McNeill, Ramiz Iqbal Nathani, Pratik Raj Singh, Neil Roger Wood, Stephen Robert Young
  • Mutant pores
    Patent number: 10266885
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of Msp. The invention also relates to polynucleotide characterization using Msp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Andrew John Heron, James White
  • METHOD
    Publication number: 20180095066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of producing hetero-oligomeric pores. The invention also relates to hetero-oligomeric pores produced using the method and polynucleotide characterisation using the hetero-oligomeric pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, John Joseph Kilgour, Neil Roger Wood
  • MUTANT PORES
    Publication number: 20170306398
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of Msp. The invention also relates to polynucleotide characterisation using Msp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Andrew John Heron, James White
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF A TARGET POLYNUCLEOTIDE WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSMEMBRANE PORE
    Publication number: 20170058338
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein. The invention also relates to improved transmembrane pores and polynucleotide binding proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White