Patents by Inventor Steven M. Block

Steven M. Block 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).

  • Motion resolved molecular sequencing
    Patent number: 7556922
    Abstract: Methods are provided for determining the sequence of a polynucleotide by tracking the motion of a nucleotide-selective, processive enzyme along a template, in a reaction mixture that alters the enzyme movement in a base specific manner. The movement trace of the enzyme is collected, and arranged in temporal order. The enzyme movement traces are correlated with the reaction conditions, and from these characteristic signals, the nucleotide sequence is derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Steven M. Block, William Greenleaf