Patents by Inventor Nicholas Heredia

Nicholas Heredia 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124927
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid amplification assay is a tagged amplicon primer extension (TAPE) nucleic acid amplification reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas HEREDIA, Dianna MAAR
  • Patent number: 11898201
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid amplification assay is a tagged amplicon primer extension (TAPE) nucleic acid amplification reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Heredia, Dianna Maar
  • Publication number: 20230390726
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald LEBOFSKY, Nicholas HEREDIA
  • Patent number: 11759761
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lebofsky, Nicholas Heredia
  • Publication number: 20220040663
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald LEBOFSKY, Nicholas HEREDIA
  • Patent number: 11097247
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lebofsky, Nicholas Heredia
  • Publication number: 20210207208
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid amplification assay is a tagged amplicon primer extension (TAPE) nucleic acid amplification reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas HEREDIA, Dianna MAAR
  • Patent number: 10920270
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid amplification assay is a tagged amplicon primer extension (TAPE) nucleic acid amplification reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Heredia, Dianna Maar
  • Publication number: 20200324264
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald LEBOFSKY, Nicholas HEREDIA
  • Patent number: 10730030
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lebofsky, Nicholas Heredia
  • Publication number: 20190211388
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid amplification assay is a tagged amplicon primer extension (TAPE) nucleic acid amplification reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas HEREDIA, Dianna MAAR
  • Patent number: 10280455
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Heredia, Dianna Maar
  • Publication number: 20170232417
    Abstract: Methods of generating a nucleic acid signature for identifying particles associated in a partition are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises: partitioning a sample into a plurality of partitions comprising a particle comprising a solid support surface, the solid support surface having a plurality of oligonucleotide primers conjugated thereon, wherein the oligonucleotide primers comprise a barcode sequence, and wherein the partitions have 0, 1, or more than 1 particles per partition; providing in a partition a substrate comprising a barcode sequence or repeating clonal barcode sequences; and in the partition, associating a first particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a first barcode sequence and a second particle conjugated to oligonucleotide primers comprising a second barcode sequence to a barcode sequence from the substrate, thereby generating a nucleic acid signature for the particles in the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald Lebofsky, Nicholas Heredia
  • Publication number: 20170191127
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a target gene-enriched library are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises partitioning polynucleotide fragments into a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition further comprises a plurality of primer pairs for amplifying a target gene and wherein the primers comprise a portion of an adapter sequence; amplifying a target gene sequence to generate an amplicon comprising the target gene sequence flanked on either end by a portion of an adapter sequence; purifying the amplicon; and amplifying the amplicon using primers comprising full-length adapter sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Shawn Hodges, Nicholas Heredia
  • Publication number: 20170191124
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Heredia, Dianna Maar