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US 12,559,785 · App. 16/810,347 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Analyte enrichment methods and compositions

Inventors: Jerzy Olejnik (Brookline, MA); Steven Gordon (Weston, MA); Martina Werner (Winchester, MA)
Assignee: Qiagen Sciences, Inc.
C12Q1/6806C12Q1/6844C12Q2563/149C12Q2563/155
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Patent No.
US 12,559,785
App. No.
16/810,347
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and compositions for enriching a population of particles containing an analyte are disclosed. In one embodiment, enrichment beads are used that are larger in size than the beads used for amplification. A separation device is employed that can retain larger beads with bound amplified beads. The technique finds many uses, including enriching for beads with clonally amplified template, which can be used in a variety of assays, including nucleic acid sequencing.

Claims (10)

1 . A population of emulsion bead—enrichment bead complexes captured upon a single layer nylon mesh, said emulsion beads comprising amplified template, wherein said amplified template is amplified from one nucleic acid template, wherein said emulsion beads are non-covalently bound to said enrichment beads and wherein at least 50% of said emulsion beads comprise homogeneous amplified template.

2 . The complexes of claim 1 , wherein said emulsion beads are 1 μm in diameter.

3 . The complexes of claim 1 , wherein said population of emulsion beads comprises between 1 bead and 20 million beads.

4 . The complexes of claim 1 , wherein at least 80% of said population of emulsion beads comprises amplified homogeneous template.

5 . The complexes of claim 4 , wherein said population of emulsion beads is contaminated with less than 1% of beads without amplified template.

6 . The complexes of claim 1 , wherein said enrichment beads are larger than said emulsion beads.

7 . The complexes of claim 6 , wherein said emulsion beads are 1 μm in diameter and said enrichment beads are approximately 15 μm in diameter.

8 . The complexes of claim 1 , wherein said amplified template containing at least one biotinylated nucleotide comprises a first part of an interaction pair, and wherein said enrichment beads comprise the second part of said interaction pair.

9 . The complexes of claim 1 , wherein said enrichment beads comprise streptavidin and said amplified template of said emulsion beads comprises at least one biotinylated nucleotide, such that said complexes comprise a biotin streptavidin interaction.

10 . The complexes of claim 6 , wherein said enrichment beads are at least five times larger than emulsion beads.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: QIAGEN WALTHAM, INC.
To: QIAGEN SCIENCES, LLC
Reel/Frame 052297/0587 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: INTELLIGENT BIO-SYSTEMS, INC.
To: QIAGEN WALTHAM, INC.
Reel/Frame 052291/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: OLEJNIK, JERZY; GORDON, STEVEN; WERNER, MARTINA
To: INTELLIGENT BIO-SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 052112/0420 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16178262 · Nov 1, 2018
Continuation 14264758 · Apr 29, 2014
Provisional Application 61822695 · May 13, 2013
Related Publication 20200277653A1 · Sep 3, 2020
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