Patents by Inventor Rachel Steger

Rachel Steger 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).

  • Microbial Ecology Shift Assay
    Publication number: 20190136287
    Abstract: The disclosure provides assay methods for characterizing the effects of an agent on a microbiome of a subject. Moreover, the disclosure provides methods for practical applications of assay results. The biological sample is extracted and the microbial population is enumerated by using signals or markers specific to the microbial species. The enumerated population is subjected to the action of one or many therapeutic agents and the efficiency is assessed by deriving a score based on the effects in the individual samples and in the population of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Second Genome, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel Steger, Peter DiStefano, Nadir Mahmood
  • Microbial ecology shift assay
    Patent number: 10150982
    Abstract: The disclosure provides assay methods for characterizing the effects of an agent on a microbiome of a subject. Moreover, the disclosure provides methods for practical applications of assay results. The biological sample is extracted and the microbial population is enumerated by using signals or markers specific to the microbial species. The enumerated population is subjected to the action of one or many therapeutic agents and the efficiency is assessed by deriving a score based on the effects in the individual samples and in the population of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Second Genome, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel Steger, Peter DiStefano, Nadir Mahmood
  • Microbial Ecology Shift Assay
    Publication number: 20160145670
    Abstract: The disclosure provides assay methods for characterizing the effects of an agent on a microbiome of a subject. Moreover, the disclosure provides methods for practical applications of assay results. The biological sample is extracted and the microbial population is enumerated by using signals or markers specific to the microbial species. The enumerated population is subjected to the action of one or many therapeutic agents and the efficiency is assessed by deriving a score based on the effects in the individual samples and in the population of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: SECOND GENOME, INC.
    Inventors: Rachel Steger, Peter DiStefano, Nadir Mahmood
  • Microbiome Modulation Index
    Publication number: 20150337349
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and systems for characterizing the effects of an agent on one or more microbial communities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Second Genome, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Kuczynski, Mohan Iyer, Nadir Mahmood, Rachel Steger, Peter DiStefano