Patents by Inventor Paul May

Paul May 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: 10988781
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Publication number: 20200354750
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 10816027
    Abstract: Intermittent screw thread geometry with a rapid step-wise lead feature when external threads are engaged with internal threads of reflective geometry. In an embodiment, thread segments are alternated with unthreaded segments of equal arc length along a helical path of a single-start thread form which results in an odd number of alternating thread/gap features along the helical path per revolution of the thread body. When such external intermittent threads engage internal intermittent threads of reflective geometry, an external thread body can be axially advanced or retracted through an internal thread body in a rapid step-wise fashion by turning the external thread body in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction, or in both directions alternately, with respect to the internal thread body when a net axial force is applied to the external threaded body with respect to the internal thread body in the desired linear direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Paul May
  • Publication number: 20200318088
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Patent number: 10711258
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20200208155
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered Class 2 CRISPR-Cas-associated discontinuous first-stem nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, nucleoprotein complexes comprising these nucleic acids, and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the Class 2 CRISPR-Cas-associated discontinuous first-stem nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the Class 2 CRISPR-Cas-associated discontinuous first-stem nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, nucleoprotein complexes comprising such nucleic acids, and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Patent number: 10590415
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered Class 2 CRISPR-Cas-associated discontinuous first-stem nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, nucleoprotein complexes comprising these nucleic acids, and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the Class 2 CRISPR-Cas-associated discontinuous first-stem nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the Class 2 CRISPR-Cas-associated discontinuous first-stem nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, nucleoprotein complexes comprising such nucleic acids, and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ceribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20200071684
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20200056209
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 10519468
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 10501728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20190112587
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20190100775
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds and nucleoprotein complexes comprising such engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds and nucleic acid binding proteins. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such polynucleotide sequences, are described. A variety of methods for making and using the engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20190040373
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Patent number: 10196619
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20180346894
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Patent number: 10138472
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Daniel Donohoue, Andrew Paul May
  • Publication number: 20180335070
    Abstract: Intermittent screw thread geometry with a rapid step-wise lead feature when external threads are engaged with internal threads of reflective geometry. In an embodiment, thread segments are alternated with unthreaded segments of equal arc length along a helical path of a single-start thread form which results in an odd number of alternating thread/gap features along the helical path per revolution of the thread body. When such external intermittent threads engage internal intermittent threads of reflective geometry, an external thread body can be axially advanced or retracted through an internal thread body in a rapid step-wise fashion by turning the external thread body in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction, or in both directions alternately, with respect to the internal thread body when a net axial force is applied to the external threaded body with respect to the internal thread body in the desired linear direction of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Paul May
  • Patent number: 10125361
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the use of nucleic acid-targeting nucleic acids and complexes thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Rachel E. Haurwitz, Jennifer A. Doudna, James M. Berger, Matthew Merrill Carter, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 10125375
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the use of designed nucleic acid-targeting nucleic acids, Argonautes, and complexes thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: John Van Der Oost, Daniƫl Christianus Swarts, Andrew Paul May, Rachel E. Haurwitz