Patents by Inventor Virginia Saade

Virginia Saade 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117428
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides nucleotide conjugates each configured to include a core attached to multiple nucleotide-arms, where the nucleotide-arms are modular and comprise (i) a core attachment moiety, (ii) a spacer, (iii) a linker, and (iv) a nucleotide unit. The nucleotide unit of each nucleotide-arm can bind a polymerase which is complexed with a nucleic acid template and nucleic acid primer. The nucleotide unit can bind the 3? end of the primer at a position that is opposite a complementary nucleotide in the template strand. Under suitable conditions, the nucleotide unit of the nucleotide conjugates binds the primer strand but does not undergo polymerase-catalyzed incorporation. The binding event can be detected, and the specific base of the nucleotide unit can be identified. The nucleotide conjugates described herein are useful for nucleic acid sequencing methods, particularly for massively parallel sequencing methods employed for next gen sequencing platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: MICHAEL PREVITE, MARK AMBROSO, TYLER LOPEZ, MICHAEL KLEIN, VIRGINIA SAADE, MATTHEW KELLINGER
  • Patent number: 11859241
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that employ the compositions for conducting pairwise sequencing and for generating concatemer template molecules for pairwise sequencing. The concatemers can be generated using a rolling circle amplification reaction which is conducted either on-support, or conducted in-solution and then distributed onto a support. The rolling circle amplification reaction generates concatemers containing tandem copies of a sequence of interest and at least one universal adaptor sequence. An increase in the number of tandem copies in a given concatemer increases the number of sites along the concatemer for hybridizing to multiple sequencing primers which serve as multiple initiation sites for polymerase-catalyzed sequencing reactions. When the sequencing reaction employs detectably labeled nucleotides and/or detectably labeled multivalent molecules (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Element Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Sinan Arslan, Junhua Zhao, Molly He, Samantha Snow, William Light, Matthew Kellinger, Michael Previte, Michael Kim, Hua Yu, Yu-Hsien Hwang-Fu, Marco Tjioe, Andrew Boddicker, Mark Ambroso, Tyler Lopez, Michael Klein, Virginia Saade
  • Patent number: 11788075
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal polymerases that exhibit exonuclease-minus activity, enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, improved uracil-tolerance and/or reduce sequence-specific errors in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide binding and extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases and forming binding complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ELEMENT BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Jendrik Hentschel, Tyler Lopez, Michael Klein, Virginia Saade, Matthew Kellinger, Mark Ambroso
  • Publication number: 20230265401
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal polymerases that exhibit exonuclease-minus activity, enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, improved uracil-tolerance and/or reduce sequence-specific errors in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide binding and extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases and forming binding complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jendrik HENTSHCEL, Tyler LOPEZ, Michael KLEIN, Virginia SAADE, Matthew KELLINGER, Mark AMBROSO
  • Publication number: 20230265400
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal polymerases that exhibit exonuclease-minus activity, enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, improved uracil-tolerance and/or reduce sequence-specific errors in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide binding and extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases and forming binding complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jendrik HENTSHCEL, Tyler LOPEZ, Michael KLEIN, Virginia SAADE, Matthew KELLINGER, Mark AMBROSO
  • Publication number: 20230265402
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal polymerases that exhibit exonuclease-minus activity, enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, improved uracil-tolerance and/or reduce sequence-specific errors in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide binding and extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases and forming binding complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jendrik HENTSHCEL, Tyler LOPEZ, Michael KLEIN, Virginia SAADE, Matthew KELLINGER, Mark AMBROSO
  • Publication number: 20230203564
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that employ the compositions for conducting pairwise sequencing and for generating concatemer template molecules for pairwise sequencing. The concatemers can be generated using a rolling circle amplification reaction which is conducted either on-support, or conducted in-solution and then distributed onto a support. The rolling circle amplification reaction generates concatemers containing tandem copies of a sequence of interest and at least one universal adaptor sequence. An increase in the number of tandem copies in a given concatemer increases the number of sites along the concatemer for hybridizing to multiple sequencing primers which serve as multiple initiation sites for polymerase-catalyzed sequencing reactions. When the sequencing reaction employs detectably labeled nucleotides and/or detectably labeled multivalent molecules (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Sinan ARSLAN, Junhua ZHAO, Molly HE, Samantha SNOW, William LIGHT, Matthew KELLINGER, Michael PREVITE, Michael KIM, Hua YU, Yu-Hsien HWANG-FU, Marco TJIOE, Andrew BODDICKER, Mark AMBROSO, Tyler LOPEZ, Michael KLEIN, Virginia SAADE
  • Publication number: 20220403352
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal, prokaryotic, and eukaryotic polymerases that exhibit enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, and improved uracil-tolerance, in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases, forming binding complexes and forming ternary complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Ambroso, Tyler Lopez, Michael Klein, Virginia Saade, Matthew Kellinger
  • Publication number: 20220403353
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal, prokaryotic, and eukaryotic polymerases that exhibit enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, and improved uracil-tolerance, in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases, forming binding complexes and forming ternary complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Ambroso, Tyler Lopez, Michael Klein, Virginia Saade, Matthew Kellinger
  • Publication number: 20220403351
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal, prokaryotic, and eukaryotic polymerases that exhibit enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3? modified nucleotides, and improved uracil-tolerance, in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases, forming binding complexes and forming ternary complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Ambroso, Tyler Lopez, Michael Klein, Virginia Saade, Matthew Kellinger