Patents by Inventor Paul McEwan
Paul McEwan 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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Patent number: 11932847Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fragmenting DNA comprising contacting a sample of target DNA with (a) a composition comprising an active transpososome, and (b) a composition comprising an inactive transpososome, under conditions suitable for transpososome activity, wherein a ratio of an amount of the inactive transpososome in the composition of (b) to an amount of the active transpososome in the composition of (a) determines the mean fragment size and a level of insertion bias.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Martin Ranik, Eric Van der Walt, William Bourn, Jennifer Hsieh, Abre De Beer, Gerrida Uys, Paul McEwan
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Publication number: 20230095295Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods using mutant Phi29 polymerases for nucleic acid amplification. Further provided herein are methods for accurate and scalable Primary Template-Directed Amplification (PTA) nucleic acid amplification and sequencing methods, and their applications for mutational analysis in research, diagnostics, and treatment using mutant Phi29 polymerases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Charles GAWAD, Jay A.A. WEST, Paul MCEWAN
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Publication number: 20220380823Abstract: The disclosure provides a composition comprising a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) sequence comprising from 5? to 3?, a sequence comprising a first adaptor sequence, a template sequence, and a second adaptor sequence, wherein the second adaptor sequence comprises a hybridization site for a template switching oligonucleotide (TSO). The disclosure provides methods for making the compositions of the disclosure using a template switching mechanism to add non-templated basepairs to the ends of a DNA molecule, hybridize a TSO to the non-templated basepairs, and then extend the sequence complementary to the TSO to add an adaptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Jennifer Hsieh, Paul McEwan, Martin Ranik, Marliz Iain McAllister Strydom, Eric van der Walt, Ross Wadsworth
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Patent number: 11427846Abstract: The disclosure provides a composition comprising a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) sequence comprising from 5? to 3?, a sequence comprising a first adaptor sequence, a template sequence, and a second adaptor sequence, wherein the second adaptor sequence comprises a hybridization site for a template switching oligonucleotide (TSO). The disclosure provides methods for making the compositions of the disclosure using a template switching mechanism to add non-templated basepairs to the ends of a DNA molecule, hybridize a TSO to the non-templated basepairs, and then extend the sequence complementary to the TSO to add an adaptor.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Hsieh, Paul McEwan, Martin Ranik, Marliz Strydom, Eric van der Walt, Ross Wadsworth
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Patent number: 11001834Abstract: The present invention provides synthetic nucleic acid molecule tags that can be added into samples for identification and tracking. Among other things, the present invention provides synthetic, high-molecular weight concatemers, which can be combined with samples to yield hundreds of millions of unique identifiers. Examples applications for which the synthetic nucleic acid molecule tags can be used, include industrial, research and clinical applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Paul McEwan, Martin Ranik, Eric van der Walt
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Patent number: 10975361Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
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Publication number: 20200291440Abstract: The disclosure provides a composition comprising a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) sequence comprising from 5? to 3?, a sequence comprising a first adaptor sequence, a template sequence, and a second adaptor sequence, wherein the second adaptor sequence comprises a hybridization site for a template switching oligonucleotide (TSO). The disclosure provides methods for making the compositions of the disclosure using a template switching mechanism to add non-templated basepairs to the ends of a DNA molecule, hybridize a TSO to the non-templated basepairs, and then extend the sequence complementary to the TSO to add an adaptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Jennifer Hsieh, Paul McEwan, Martin Ranik, Marliz Strydom, Eric van der Walt, Ross Wadsworth
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Patent number: 10457968Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul McEwan
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Publication number: 20170088832Abstract: The present invention provides synthetic nucleic acid molecule tags that can be added into samples for identification and tracking. Among other things, the present invention provides synthetic, high-molecular weight concatemers, which can be combined with samples to yield hundreds of millions of unique identifiers. Examples applications for which the synthetic nucleic acid molecule tags can be used, include industrial, research and clinical applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Paul McEwan, Martin Ranik, Eric Van Der Walt
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Publication number: 20170067037Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
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Patent number: 9388396Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, chimeric DNA polymerases containing heterologous domains having sequences derived from at least two DNA polymerases that have at least one distinct functional characteristics (e.g., elongation rate, processivity, error rate or fidelity, salt tolerance or resistance) and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention can combine desired functional characteristics (e.g., high processivity; high elongation rate; thermostability; resistance to salt, PCR additives (e.g., PCR enhancers) and other impurities; and high fidelity) of different DNA polymerases in a chimeric polymerase.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: Bjarne Faurholm, Paul McEwan, William Bourn, Gavin Rush
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Patent number: 9315787Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
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Patent number: 9023633Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, chimeric DNA polymerases containing heterologous domains having sequences derived from at least two DNA polymerases that have at least one distinct functional characteristics (e.g., elongation rate, processivity, error rate or fidelity, salt tolerance or resistance) and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention can combine desired functional characteristics (e.g., high processivity; high elongation rate; thermostability; resistance to salt, PCR additives (e.g., PCR enhancers) and other impurities; and high fidelity) of different DNA polymerases in a chimeric polymerase.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Kapa BiosystemsInventors: Bjarne Faurholm, Paul McEwan, William Bourn, Gavin Rush
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Publication number: 20140363848Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, chimeric DNA polymerases containing heterologous domains having sequences derived from at least two DNA polymerases that have at least one distinct functional characteristics (e.g., elongation rate, processivity, error rate or fidelity, salt tolerance or resistance) and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention can combine desired functional characteristics (e.g., high processivity; high elongation rate; thermostability; resistance to salt, PCR additives (e.g., PCR enhancers) and other impurities; and high fidelity) of different DNA polymerases in a chimeric polymerase.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Bjarne FAURHOLM, Paul MCEWAN, William BOURN, Gavin RUSH
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Publication number: 20140030765Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
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Publication number: 20120115188Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, chimeric DNA polymerases containing heterologous domains having sequences derived from at least two DNA polymerases that have at least one distinct functional characteristics (e.g., elongation rate, processivity, error rate or fidelity, salt tolerance or resistance) and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention can combine desired functional characteristics (e.g., high processivity; high elongation rate; thermostability; resistance to salt, PCR additives (e.g., PCR enhancers) and other impurities; and high fidelity) of different DNA polymerases in a chimeric polymerase.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: KAPA BIOSYSTEMSInventors: Bjarne Faurholm, Paul McEwan, William Bourn, Gavin Rush
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Publication number: 20110294167Abstract: The present invention provides improved systems and methods for amplifying nucleic acids. Among other things the present invention provides a system for amplifying nucleic acids through use of a primase and a polymerase with strand-displacement ability without, for example, exogenously-added primers. The present invention is particularly useful for whole genome amplification.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: KAPABIOSYSTEMSInventors: Paul McEwan, Bjarne Faurholm, Eric Van Der Walt
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Publication number: 20110281305Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: KAPABIOSYSTEMSInventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul McEwan
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Publication number: 20100121044Abstract: A method of isolating target nucleic acid molecules from a solution comprising a mixture of different size nucleic acid molecules, in the presence or absence of other biomolecules, by selectively facilitating the adsorption of a particular species of nucleic acid molecule to the functional group-coated surface of magnetically responsive paramagnetic microparticles is disclosed. Separation is accomplished by manipulating the ionic strength and polyalkylene glycol concentration of the solution to selectively precipitate, and reversibly adsorb, the target species of nucleic acid molecule, characterized by a particular molecular size, to paramagnetic microparticles, the surfaces of which act as a bioaffinity adsorbent for the nucleic acids. The target nucleic acid is isolated from the starting mixture based on molecular size and through the removal of magnetic beads to which the target nucleic acid molecules have been adsorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchInventors: Kevin McKernan, Paul McEwan, William Morris
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Publication number: 20060003357Abstract: A method of isolating target nucleic acid molecules from a solution comprising a mixture of different size nucleic acid molecules, in the presence or absence of other biomolecules, by selectively facilitating the adsorption of a particular species of nucleic acid molecule to the functional group-coated surface of magnetically responsive paramagnetic microparticles is disclosed. Separation is accomplished by manipulating the ionic strength and polyalkylene glycol concentration of the solution to selectively precipitate, and reversibly adsorb, the target species of nucleic acid molecule, characterized by a particular molecular size, to paramagnetic microparticles, the surfaces of which act as a bioaffinity adsorbent for the nucleic acids. The target nucleic acid is isolated from the starting mixture based on molecular size and through the removal of magnetic beads to which the target nucleic acid molecules have been adsorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Applicant: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchInventors: Kevin McKernan, Paul McEwan, William Morris