Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Bitter, Lang & Kaplan LLP
  • Computer-aided probability base calling for arrays of nucleic acid probes on chips
    Patent number: 6546340
    Abstract: A computer system for analyzing nucleic acid sequences is provided. The computer system is used to calculate probabilities for determining unknown bases by analyzing the fluorescence intensities of hybridized nucleic acid probes on biological chips. Additionally, information from multiple experiments is utilized to improve the accuracy of calling unknown bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Lipshutz, Michael G. Walker