Patents by Inventor Seiko L. Endo

Seiko L. Endo 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).

  • Compositions, devices, systems, and methods for using a nanopore
    Patent number: 10202645
    Abstract: Devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore are provided. The devices and methods also determine (˜>50 Hz) the nucleotide base sequence of a polynucleotide under feedback control or using signals generated by the interactions between the polynucleotide and the nanopore. The invention is of particular use in the fields of molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, molecular switches, molecular circuits, and molecular computational devices, and the manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mark A. Akeson, Daniel Branton, David W. Deamer, Seiko L. Endo