Patents by Inventor William Bourn

William Bourn 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: 11932847
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fragmenting DNA comprising contacting a sample of target DNA with (a) a composition comprising an active transpososome, and (b) a composition comprising an inactive transpososome, under conditions suitable for transpososome activity, wherein a ratio of an amount of the inactive transpososome in the composition of (b) to an amount of the active transpososome in the composition of (a) determines the mean fragment size and a level of insertion bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Ranik, Eric Van der Walt, William Bourn, Jennifer Hsieh, Abre De Beer, Gerrida Uys, Paul McEwan
  • Patent number: 11746339
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul J. McEwan, Eric van der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Publication number: 20230165545
    Abstract: An example portable radiography scanning system includes: a radiation detector configured to generate digital radiography images based on incident radiation; a radiation emitter configured to output the radiation; and a computing device configured to: receive the digital radiography images from the radiation detector; compensate one or more of the digital radiography images for variations in magnification of the digital radiography images; and store one or more compensated radiography images based on the magnification compensation and associated with physical location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jason William Bourn, Paul Benson, Joseph Ryan Lapinskas
  • Patent number: 11603547
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul J. McEwan
  • Publication number: 20230034628
    Abstract: An example portable radiography scanning system includes: a radiation detector configured to generate a digital image based on incident radiation; a radiation emitter configured to output the radiation; a frame configured to hold at least one of the radiation emitter or the radiation detector such that the radiation emitter directs the radiation to the radiation detector; a first sensor configured to determine a first distance between the radiation detector and the radiation emitter; and a computing device configured to: determine a second distance between the radiation emitter and an interface between the radiation and the object; determine a magnification correction factor based on the first distance and the second distance; measure a size, in pixels, of a feature of the object in the digital image; and at least one of: calculate an actual size of the feature based on the magnification correction factor and the measured size of the feature, or determine whether the measured sized of the feature satisfies a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Benson, Jason William Bourn
  • Publication number: 20230034478
    Abstract: An example radiography scanning system includes: a radiation detector configured to generate digital images based on incident radiation; a radiation source configured to output the radiation toward the radiation detector; a thermal sensor configured to capture thermal images and having a field of view that at least partially overlaps a projection field of the radiation; and a computing device configured to: control the radiation source; receive the digital images from the radiation detector; receive the thermal images from the thermal camera; and output the digital images and the thermal images, in real-time, to a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Benson, Jason William Bourn, Joseph Ryan Lapinskas
  • Publication number: 20220121854
    Abstract: An example method to generate a video from multiple cameras including a digital X-ray imaging device involves: initiating a recording session on an X-ray digital imaging device; capturing one or more images using a first one of a plurality of imaging sensors of the X-ray digital imaging device; capturing one or more videos using a second one of the plurality of imaging sensors; storing, on a machine readable storage device, two or more files corresponding to the one or more images and the one or more videos captured using the first and second ones of the plurality of imaging sensors; and combining the two or more files into a single video file representative of the recording session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jason William Bourn, Joseph Ryan Lapinskas, Paul Benson, Daniel J. Jozwiak
  • Publication number: 20210317422
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul J. McEwan, Eric van der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Publication number: 20210180102
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul J. McEwan
  • Patent number: 10975361
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Patent number: 10961555
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul J. McEwan
  • Publication number: 20200347441
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods for high-throughput screening a plurality of transposases to identify rare mutations that affect desired features of the transposase. Compositions of the disclosures are provided that facilitate the high-throughput screening methods of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Raeeza Allie, Michael Stuart Berry, William Bourn, Bjarne Faurholm, Suzanne Margaret Huddy, Martin Ranik, Du Toit Schabort
  • Patent number: 10457968
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul McEwan
  • Publication number: 20190100783
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul J. McEwan
  • Publication number: 20180195059
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fragmenting DNA comprising contacting a sample of target DNA with (a) a composition comprising an active transpososome, and (b) a composition comprising an inactive transpososome, under conditions suitable for transpososome activity, wherein a ratio of an amount of the inactive transpososome in the composition of (b) to an amount of the active transpososome in the composition of (a) determines the mean fragment size and a level of insertion bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Martin RANIK, Eric VAN DER WALT, William BOURN, Jennifer HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20170067037
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Publication number: 20170051326
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases, in particular, type A DNA polymerases, that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: William Bourn, Maryke Appel, Gavin Rush, John Foskett, Paul J. McEwan
  • Patent number: 9388396
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, chimeric DNA polymerases containing heterologous domains having sequences derived from at least two DNA polymerases that have at least one distinct functional characteristics (e.g., elongation rate, processivity, error rate or fidelity, salt tolerance or resistance) and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention can combine desired functional characteristics (e.g., high processivity; high elongation rate; thermostability; resistance to salt, PCR additives (e.g., PCR enhancers) and other impurities; and high fidelity) of different DNA polymerases in a chimeric polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjarne Faurholm, Paul McEwan, William Bourn, Gavin Rush
  • Patent number: 9315787
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Patent number: 9023633
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, chimeric DNA polymerases containing heterologous domains having sequences derived from at least two DNA polymerases that have at least one distinct functional characteristics (e.g., elongation rate, processivity, error rate or fidelity, salt tolerance or resistance) and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention can combine desired functional characteristics (e.g., high processivity; high elongation rate; thermostability; resistance to salt, PCR additives (e.g., PCR enhancers) and other impurities; and high fidelity) of different DNA polymerases in a chimeric polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems
    Inventors: Bjarne Faurholm, Paul McEwan, William Bourn, Gavin Rush