Patents by Inventor Wenwei Zhang

Wenwei Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 12371742
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sequencing polynucleotides. Sequential incorporation of different nucleotides is detected by using the same light emitting signal, thereby achieving the determination of polynucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Qingdao MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Sha Liao, Wenwei Zhang, Ao Chen, Chongjun Xu, Defeng Fu
  • Publication number: 20250179445
    Abstract: Provided is a recombinant KOD polymerase, which is the following A) or B): the polymerase shown in A) is a protein having DNA polymerase activity that is obtained by modifying amino acid residues in at least one of the following 18 positions in a wild-type KOD DNA polymerase amino acid sequence: 675th, 385th, 710th, 674th, 735th, 736th, 606th, 709th, 347th, 349th, 590th, 676th, 389th, 589th, 680th, 384th, 496th and 383rd; the polymerase described by B) is a protein having DNA polymerase activity that is derived from A) by adding a tag sequence to an end of the amino acid sequence of the protein shown in A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Lili ZHAI, Lin WANG, Wenwei ZHANG, Yuliang DONG, Yue ZHENG, Fen LIU
  • Publication number: 20250179559
    Abstract: Provided are a dual-luciferase reporter gene detection system and use thereof. The detection system includes Gaussia luciferase, Pleuromamma xiphias luciferase, and a substrate. The substrate is coelenterazine or a derivative thereof. Compared with other dual-luciferase reporter gene detection systems, the present dual-luciferase reporter gene detection system produces stronger signals and requires simple reaction conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: BGI SHENZHEN
    Inventors: Shitian ZHUO, Bo TENG, Wenwei Zhang, Ao Chen, Xun Xu
  • Publication number: 20250163492
    Abstract: Provided are a method for performing position labeling of nucleic acid molecules, a method for constructing a nucleic acid molecule library for transcriptome sequencing, and a kit for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Xun XU, Ao CHEN, Wenwei ZHANG, Sha LIAO
  • Publication number: 20250154581
    Abstract: A method for sequencing polynucleotides by using nanopores. The present invention relates to, in particular, a method for sequencing polynucleotides by means of covalently binding a polynucleotide binding protein and a nanopore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Xun XU, Yuliang DONG, Zhouxiang JI, Lele WANG, Tao ZENG, Yuxiang LI, Ao CHEN, Wenwei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250136974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule capable of blocking motor protein, a library containing the nucleic acid molecule, a method for constructing the nucleic acid molecule or library containing the same, and an application of the nucleic acid molecule or library containing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Ou Wang, Xiao Shi, Xun Xu, Wenwei Zhang, Fei Guo, Siyu Bao, Yuliang Dong, Tao Zeng
  • Publication number: 20250129407
    Abstract: The present application relates to transcriptome sequencing and biomolecule space information detection. Specifically, the present application relates to a method for positioning and labeling a nucleic acid molecule, a method for constructing a nucleic acid molecule library for transcriptome sequencing, and a kit for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Sha LIAO, Ao CHEN, Wenwei ZHANG, Xun XU, Jian PENG, Wenjiao LI, Xi CHEN, Defeng FU
  • Patent number: 12277468
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic bead-based detection method, a storage medium, and a detection device. The detection method includes: collecting a white light image of a to-be-detected solution, in which the to-be-detected solution is mixed with a to-be-detected sample and magnetic beads with a capture agent (S1); determining magnetic stripe regions in the white light image, and determining first magnetic bead regions based on the magnetic stripe regions (S2); selecting, by using a first neural network, second magnetic bead regions containing magnetic beads from the first magnetic bead regions, and obtaining a marker position of each of the magnetic beads (S3); and obtaining, by using a second neural network and based on each of the second magnetic bead regions, codes at code bits of a corresponding magnetic bead, and obtaining corresponding code information based on the codes of the code bits and the marker position of the magnetic bead (S4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: BGI SHENZHEN
    Inventors: Wenwei Zhang, Mei Li, Weimao Wang, Yuxiang Li, Xun Xu
  • Publication number: 20250092452
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is a method for sequencing a double-stranded target polynucleotide. The method can keep ATP at a relatively constant concentration during sequencing, so that the sequencing rate can be better kept stable and unchanged. Further provided in the present disclosure is a kit for sequencing a double-stranded target polynucleotide, the kit including a transmembrane pore in the membrane, a helicase, an ATP-generating enzyme and an ATP-generating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: BGI SHENZHEN
    Inventors: Zhouxiang JI, Jingxiong LU, Rongrong ZHENG, Wenwei ZHANG, Yuliang DONG, Yuxiang LI, Tao ZENG, Xun XU
  • Publication number: 20250066745
    Abstract: A mutant and the uses thereof. Compared with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, the mutant has at least one of the following mutation sites: the 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 36th, 37th, 40th, 66th, 79th, 84th, 88th, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 110th, 123rd, 124th, 138th, 152nd, 163rd, 167th, 170th, 174th, 175th, 178th, 182nd and 183rd sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Yuliang Dong, Jing Li, Yue Zheng, Wenwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250066747
    Abstract: Provided is helicase BCH1X, which comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2. Further provided are a complex structure comprising helicase BCH1X and a binding moiety used for binding to a polynucleotide, and a use thereof in the control and characterization of a polynucleotide and in single molecule nanopore sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Xun Xu, Fei Guo, Qiaoxia Hu, Denghui Li, Junyi Chen, Lele Wang, Ziyu Zhao, Zhouxiang Ji, Tao Zeng, Ou Wang, Yuxiang Li, Yuliang Dong, Wenwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250066748
    Abstract: The present invention provides a helicase BCH2X, comprising an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3. The present invention also provides a complex structure comprising the helicase BCH2X and a binding moiety for binding polynucleotides. The present invention also provides a use of the helicase BCH2X or the complex structure comprising same in the control and characterization of polynucleotides and single-molecule nanopore sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lele Wang, Tao Zeng, Zhenjun Liu, Junyi Chen, Ziyu Zhao, Denghui Li, Fei Guo, Zhouxiang Ji, Ou Wang, Yuxiang Li, Yuliang Dong, Wenwei Zhang, Xun Xu
  • Publication number: 20250067703
    Abstract: A membrane forming device and a membrane forming method are provided. The membrane forming device includes: a base (10); a main body (20) arranged to the base (10) and the main body (20) having a recess; and an opening member (30) arranged inside a recess port on an end of the recess away from the base (10), and a hollow portion (32) of the opening member (30) being configured to form a amphipathic molecular membrane (80), wherein a cross-sectional area of the hollow portion (32) of the opening member (30) is smaller than that of the accommodating chamber (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yuning ZHANG, Quanxin YUN, Yuxiang LI, Yuliang DONG, Wenwei ZHANG, Xun XU
  • Publication number: 20250059530
    Abstract: Provided are a method for positioning and labeling a nucleic acid molecule, and a method for constructing a nucleic acid molecule library for single-cell transcriptome sequencing, which relate to the technical fields of single-cell transcriptome sequencing and biomolecular space information detection. Further provided are a nucleic acid molecule library constructed by using the method, and a kit for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sha LIAO, Ao CHEN, Wenwei ZHANG, Xun XU
  • Publication number: 20250051737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology, in particular to a DNA polymerase mutant and the use thereof. Compared with a wild type, the mutant provided in the present invention has a significantly improved DNA polymerization activity, significantly improved affinity to DNA and amplification uniformity; and has good effects in the amplification of multiplex PCR, high-GC templates and complex templates. A hot-start-version DNA polymerase is further prepared by means of using antibodies or chemical modifications, wherein the yield of the DNA polymerase is significantly improved, while the primer dimer is significantly decreased. The prepared mutant hot-start DNA polymerase can be applied to PCR amplification of multiplex PCR, high-GC templates and complex templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaohong ZHANG, Xi LAN, Qingqing XIE, Feng XI, Yue ZHENG, Yuliang DONG, Wenwei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250043273
    Abstract: A DNA library sequence for increasing the number of chip probes and an application thereof. The DNA library sequence comprises two or more position information labeling sequences and three or more fixed sequences, wherein the position information labeling sequences and the fixed sequences are arranged at intervals. The DNA library sequence increases the number of probes of a chip used for spatiotemporal omics, and then a capture number of transcript genes is increased. The present invention has a very high application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sha LIAO, Ao CHEN, Wenwei ZHANG, Xun XU, Xi CHEN, Defeng FU
  • Patent number: 12216950
    Abstract: Example methods, systems, and apparatuses for verifying a printed indicium are provided. An example method may include receiving a captured image of a print media comprising the printed indicium; extracting a quiet zone grade portion from the captured image, where the quiet zone grade portion includes a printed indicium area of the printed indicium and at least one quiet zone area adjacent to the printed indicium area; in response to receiving a user input providing an overwrite quiet zone requirement indication and determining that the at least one quiet zone area does not satisfy at least one quiet zone requirement, causing at least one of adjusting the at least one quiet zone requirement to at least one reduced quiet zone requirement or adding at least one additional quiet zone area to the at least one quiet zone area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kar Boon Oung, WenWei Zhang, Thomas Axel Jonas Celinder, Christian Knut Schulz-Janisch, Kin Song Chan
  • Publication number: 20250018389
    Abstract: The present application provides a detection chip assembly tool, a liquid injection apparatus and method, an electronic device, and a medium. The tool is mounted on a vacuumizing assembly, and comprises: a base mounted on a detection chip. The base is provided with a reaction cavity covering the detection chip and a fluid channel communicated with the reaction cavity, and is further provided with a liquid inlet groove structure communicated with the fluid channel and having a buffer solution injected. When the detection chip is filled with the buffer solution, the vacuumizing assembly is started to discharge air in the detection chip assembly tool, in response to the vacuumizing assembly vacuumizing, pressure relief is performed, and the buffer solution in the liquid inlet groove structure flows into the reaction cavity along the fluid channel under the action of negative pressure so as to fill the detection chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Junlei YAO, Yuning ZHANG, Yong WANG, Mengmeng ZHANG, Quanxin YUN, Yuxiang LI, Yuliang DONG, Wenwei ZHANG
  • Patent number: D1084393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventors: Wu Zhan, Quanxin Yun, Zhentao Zhao, Lin Li, Yao Wang, Lei Yu, Yuxiang Li, Yuliang Dong, Wenwei Zhang, Yuning Zhang, Xun Xu
  • Patent number: D1084394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventors: Wu Zhan, Quanxin Yun, Zhentao Zhao, Lin Li, Yao Wang, Lei Yu, Yuxiang Li, Yuliang Dong, Wenwei Zhang, Yuning Zhang, Xun Xu