Patents by Inventor Sheila Seepersaud

Sheila Seepersaud 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).

  • METHODS FOR AMPLIFYING HEPATITIS C VIRUS NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20140199684
    Abstract: A method of amplifying an HCV nucleic acid in an HCV infected sample comprises amplifying a segment of a DNA template that is complementary to a genome of HCV RNA from the sample by a two-stage PCR, wherein a first stage PCR employs a first outer primer and a second outer primer, and a second stage PCR employs a first inner primer and a second inner primer. The nucleotide sequence of the first outer primer comprises a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; or SEQ ID NO:9, wherein optionally 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides are other nucleotides than those of SEQ ID NO: 9. The nucleotide sequence of the second outer primer comprises a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4; or a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10 or 11, wherein optionally 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides are other nucleotides than those of SEQ ID NO: 10 and 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ann Dak-Yee Kwong, James Daniel Frantz, Douglas John Bartels, Chao Lin, Benjamin Shames, Sheila Seepersaud, Judith A. Lippke, Tara Lynn Kieffer, Yi Zhou, Eileen Z. Zhang, James C. Sullivan
  • Methods for amplifying hepatitis C virus nucleic acids
    Patent number: 8679740
    Abstract: A method of amplifying an HCV nucleic acid in an HCV infected sample comprises amplifying a segment of a DNA template that is complementary to a genome of HCV RNA from the sample by a two-stage PCR, wherein a first stage PCR employs a first outer primer and a second outer primer, and a second stage PCR employs a first inner primer and a second inner primer. The nucleotide sequence of the first outer primer comprises a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; or SEQ ID NO:9, wherein optionally 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides are other nucleotides than those of SEQ ID NO: 9. The nucleotide sequence of the second outer primer comprises a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4; or a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10 or 11, wherein optionally 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides are other nucleotides than those of SEQ ID NO: 10 and 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ann Dak-Yee Kwong, James Daniel Frantz, Douglas John Bartels, Chao Lin, Benjamin Shames, Sheila Seepersaud, Judith A. Lippke, Tara Lynn Kieffer, Yi Zhou, Eileen Z. Zhang, James C. Sullivan
  • METHODS FOR AMPLIFYING HEPATITIS C VIRUS NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20120129155
    Abstract: A method of amplifying an HCV nucleic acid in an HCV infected sample comprises amplifying a segment of a DNA template that is complementary to a genome of HCV RNA from the sample by a two-stage PCR, wherein a first stage PCR employs a first outer primer and a second outer primer, and a second stage PCR employs a first inner primer and a second inner primer. The nucleotide sequence of the first outer primer comprises a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; or SEQ ID NO:9, wherein optionally 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides are other nucleotides than those of SEQ ID NO: 9. The nucleotide sequence of the second outer primer comprises a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3 or 4; or a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10 or 11, wherein optionally 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides are other nucleotides than those of SEQ ID NO: 10 and 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ann Dak-Yee Kwong, James Daniel Frantz, Douglas John Bartels, Chao Lin, Benjamin Shames, Sheila Seepersaud, Judith A. Lippke, Tara Lynn Kieffer, Yi Zhou, Eileen Z. Zhang, James C. Sullivan