Patents by Inventor Taunia Closson

Taunia Closson 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).

  • Reagents and methods for elemental mass spectrometry of biological samples
    Patent number: 12000838
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to reagents and their use for elemental imaging mass spectrometry of biological samples. The embodiments comprising methods for quantifying one or more analytes within a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) providing the sample, wherein the one or more analytes are immobilized to a sample carrier, wherein the sample has been labelled with one or more mass tags comprising one or more labelling atoms, (b) performing mass cytometry on the sample to determine the level of the one or more labelling atoms, wherein the level of the one or more labelling atoms corresponds to the copy number of the one or more analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: STANDARD BIOTOOLS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Alexander V. Loboda, Olga Ornatsky, Vladimir Baranov, Nikita Zabinyakov, Anastasia Mavropoulos, Daniel Majonis, Bedilu Allo, Taunia Closson
  • FUSED-REFERENCE PARTICLE BASED NORMALISATION FOR IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY
    Publication number: 20210356376
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to reagents and their use for elemental imaging mass spectrometry of biological samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicants: Fluidigm Canada Inc., The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
    Inventors: Taunia Closson, Vladimir Baranov, Mitchell A. Winnik
  • REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR ELEMENTAL MASS SPECTROMETRY OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20210239707
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to reagents and their use for elemental imaging mass spectrometry of biological samples. The embodiments comprising methods for quantifying one or more analytes within a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) providing the sample, wherein the one or more analytes are immobilized to a sample carrier, wherein the sample has been labelled with one or more mass tags comprising one or more labelling atoms, (b) performing mass cytometry on the sample to determine the level of the one or more labelling atoms, wherein the level of the one or more labelling atoms corresponds to the copy number of the one or more analytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Fluidigm Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander V. Loboda, Olga Ornatsky, Vladimir Baranov, Nikita Zabinyakov, Anastasia Mavropoulos, Daniel Majonis, Bedilu Allo, Taunia Closson