Patents by Inventor Sarah Placella

Sarah Placella 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).

  • Soil health indicators using microbial composition
    Patent number: 11821887
    Abstract: An analytics system uses soil health indicators to determine metrics for soil samples. In an embodiment, the analytics system receives metadata describing a soil sample, where the metadata indicates one or more types of crops grown in a geographical location having the soil sample. The analytics system determines nucleic acid sequence reads of the soil sample. The analytics system determines taxonomic information of the nucleic acid sequence reads. The analytics system determines microbial composition of the soil sample using the taxonomic information. The analytics system determines reference metrics of soil samples from geographical locations in which the one or more types of crop were grown. The analytics system determines a metric of the soil sample using the microbial composition and the reference metrics. The analytics system transmits the metric to a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TRACE GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Poornima Parameswaran, Sarah Placella, Di Wu, Daniel S. Weaver, Jenna Morgan Lang
  • DEVICE FOR COLLECTING MATERIAL FROM AIR
    Publication number: 20220349804
    Abstract: A device collects material from air. The device swirls air within a fluid housing so as to deposit the material, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi and other particles, from the air in a way that the material can later be analyzed. The device can be used to provide for detection of airborne organisms or properties of material in the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah Placella, Andrew Gillies
  • SOIL HEALTH INDICATORS USING MICROBIAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20190227046
    Abstract: An analytics system uses soil health indicators to determine metrics for soil samples. In an embodiment, the analytics system receives metadata describing a soil sample, where the metadata indicates one or more types of crops grown in a geographical location having the soil sample. The analytics system determines nucleic acid sequence reads of the soil sample. The analytics system determines taxonomic information of the nucleic acid sequence reads. The analytics system determines microbial composition of the soil sample using the taxonomic information. The analytics system determines reference metrics of soil samples from geographical locations in which the one or more types of crop were grown. The analytics system determines a metric of the soil sample using the microbial composition and the reference metrics. The analytics system transmits the metric to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Poornima Parameswaran, Sarah Placella, Di Wu, Daniel S. Weaver, Jenna Morgan Lang