Patents by Inventor Tai-Fen Wei

Tai-Fen Wei 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 isolating microvesicles and extracting nucleic acids from biological samples
    Patent number: 11268085
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods and kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, including cell-free DNA and/or cell-free DNA and nucleic acids including at least RNA from microvesicles, and for extracting nucleic acids from the microvesicles and/or from the biological samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Exosome Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Johan Karl Olov Skog, Daniel Enderle, Aparna Ramachandran, Haoheng Yan, Emily Berghoff, Tai-Fen Wei, Mikkel Noerholm
  • METHODS FOR ISOLATING MICROVESICLES
    Publication number: 20210171934
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for isolating microvesicles from a biological sample and for extracting nucleic acids from the microvesicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel ENDERLE, Aparna RAMACHANDRAN, Haoheng YAN, Emily BERGHOFF, Tai-Fen WEI, Mikkel NOERHOLM, Johan Karl Olov SKOG
  • METHODS FOR ISOLATING MICROVESICLES AND EXTRACTING NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20200032243
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods and kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, including cell-free DNA and/or cell-free DNA and nucleic acids including at least RNA from microvesicles, and for extracting nucleic acids from the microvesicles and/or from the biological samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Johan Karl Olov SKOG, Daniel ENDERLE, Aparna RAMACHANDRAN, Haoheng YAN, Emily BERGHOFF, Tai-Fen WEI, Mikkel NOERHOLM
  • Methods for isolating microvesicles and extracting nucleic acids from biological samples
    Patent number: 10465183
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods and kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, including cell-free DNA and/or cell-free DNA and nucleic acids including at least RNA from microvesicles, and for extracting nucleic acids from the microvesicles and/or from the biological samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Exosome Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Johan Karl Olov Skog, Daniel Enderle, Aparna Ramachandran, Haoheng Yan, Emily Berghoff, Tai-Fen Wei, Mikkel Noerholm
  • METHODS FOR ISOLATING MICROVESICLES AND EXTRACTING NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20170198280
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods and kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, including cell-free DNA and/or cell-free DNA and nucleic acids including at least RNA from microvesicles, and for extracting nucleic acids from the microvesicles and/or from the biological samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Johan Karl Olov Skog, Daniel Enderle, Aparna Ramachandran, Haoheng Yan, Emily Berghoff, Tai-Fen Wei, Mikkel Noerholm
  • METHODS FOR ISOLATING MICROVESICLES
    Publication number: 20150353920
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for isolating microvesicles from a biological sample and for extracting nucleic acids from the microvesicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Enderle, Aparna Ramachandran, Haoheng Yan, Emily Berghoff, Tai-Fen Wei, Mikkel Noerholm, Johan Karl Olav Skog
  • Non-nucleic acid based biobarcode assay for detection of biological materials
    Publication number: 20080085508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to screening methods, compositions, and kits for detecting for the presence or absence of one or more target analytes, e.g. biomolecules, in a sample. In particular, the present invention relates to a method that utilizes non-nucleic acid reporter markers as biochemical barcodes for detecting multiple protein structures or other target analytes in a solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Nanosphere, Inc.
    Inventors: Tai-Fen Wei, Hao An, Yijia Bao