Patents Assigned to Illumina, Inc.
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Patent number: 11837324Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to constructing a convolutional neural network-based classifier for variant classification. In particular, it relates to training a convolutional neural network-based classifier on training data using a backpropagation-based gradient update technique that progressively match outputs of the convolutional neural network-based classifier with corresponding ground truth labels. The convolutional neural network-based classifier comprises groups of residual blocks, each group of residual blocks is parameterized by a number of convolution filters in the residual blocks, a convolution window size of the residual blocks, and an atrous convolution rate of the residual blocks, the size of convolution window varies between groups of residual blocks, the atrous convolution rate varies between groups of residual blocks. The training data includes benign training examples and pathogenic training examples of translated sequence pairs generated from benign variants and pathogenic variants.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Kishore Jaganathan, Kai-How Farh, Sofia Kyriazopoulou Panagiotopoulou, Jeremy Francis McRae
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Patent number: 11834704Abstract: A method includes forming a patterned substrate including a plurality of base pads, using a nano-imprint lithography process. A capture substance is attached to each of the plurality of base pads, optionally through a linker, the capture substance being adapted to promote capture of a target molecule.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: M. Shane Bowen, Kevin L. Gunderson, Shengrong Lin, Maria Candelaria Rogert Bacigalupo, Kandaswamy Vijayan, Yir-Shyuan Wu, Bala Murali Venkatesan, James Tsay, John M. Beierle, Lorenzo Berti, Sang Ryul Park
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Patent number: 11835510Abstract: Methods are used for obtaining, cataloguing, and/or storing data derived from a biological source using a flow cell body, electrodes, and an imaging assembly. The data may include DNA and/or RNA obtained from a biological source, such as from the cells of an organism. The methods may be used to obtain, catalog, and/or store data such as DNA or RNA sequence from a pathogen such as a virus and/or a bacteria, human health data over time, and immune system information from an individual. The data obtained using the disclosed methods may be used for a variety of different purposes, including the manufacture of vaccine compositions, and for restoring the immune system of an individual who has undergone an immune system depleting event. The methods may be used for storage of biological cells, which may be used for the screening of compounds, such as small molecules with potential for therapeutic indications.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Tarun Khurana, Ali Agah, Aathavan Karunakaran, Xi-Jun Chen
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Patent number: 11835460Abstract: Fiducial markers are provided on patterned arrays of the type that may be used for molecular analysis, such as sequencing. The fiducials may have configurations and layouts that enhance their detection in image or detection data, that facilitate or improve processing, that provide encoding of useful information, and so forth. Examples of the fiducials may include offset layouts that may be useful in detecting the fiducials in different types and approaches in imaging, and that may help to distinguish regions of the array from one another in image data.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: John S. Vieceli, Alex Nemiroski, Paul Belitz, Robert Langlois, M. Shane Bowen, Danny Yuan Chan, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Hui Han, Kevan Samiee, Stephen Tanner
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Publication number: 20230383284Abstract: Provided is a method, including stretching a polynucleotide over a substrate including a plurality of equally spaced cleavage regions including a plurality of transposases, cleaving the polynucleotide with two or more of the plurality of transposases to form a plurality of polynucleotide fragments, and separating, within the plurality of polynucleotide fragments, a population of longer polynucleotide fragments from a population of shorter polynucleotide fragments. Also provided is a method including stretching a polynucleotide over a substrate including a plurality of equally spaced cleavage regions including a plurality of transposases, cleaving the polynucleotide with two or more of the plurality of transposases to form a plurality of polynucleotide fragments, and separating, within the plurality of polynucleotide fragments, a population of longer polynucleotide fragments from a population of shorter polynucleotide fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicants: ILLUMINA, INC., ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITEDInventors: Maria Candelaria Rogert BACIGALUPO, Frank STEEMERS, Jeffrey FISHER, Andrew SLATTER, Lewis KRAFT, Niall GORMLEY, M. Shane BOWEN
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Patent number: 11828924Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to structured illumination microscopy (SIM). In particular, the technology disclosed relates to capturing and processing, in real time, numerous image tiles across a large image plane, dividing them into subtiles, efficiently processing the subtiles, and producing enhanced resolution images from the subtiles. The enhanced resolution images can be combined into enhanced images and can be used in subsequent analysis steps.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Bo Lu, Robert Ezra Langlois, Andrew James Young, Andrew Dodge Heiberg
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Patent number: 11827932Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for detecting multiple different nucleotides in a sample. In particular, the disclosure provides for detection of multiple different nucleotides in a sample utilizing fewer detection moieties than the number of nucleotides being detected and/or fewer imaging events than the number of nucleotides being detected.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Kain, Xiaohai Liu, Wenyi Feng, Bernard Hirschbein, Helmy A. Eltoukhy, Xiaolin Wu, Geoffrey Paul Smith, Jonathan Mark Boutell, Thomas Joseph, Randall Smith, Min-Jui Richard Shen, Carolyn Tregidgo, Kay Klausing
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Publication number: 20230379316Abstract: Flexible authentication technologies customized to particular tenants of a data center network can be implemented. For example, an administrator can specify a primary authentication server and specify at which data centers different applications are to be hosted for a given tenant. End users can be shielded from the complexities of implementing such configuration details. For example, single sign-on authentication can be implemented, even when applications are configured to be hosted in different data centers. Enterprise tenants can thus control where applications are hosted and enforce data containment scenarios without encumbering users with additional tasks. Collaboration and application-to-application authentication can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Milan Karangutkar, Prabhu Palanisamy, Satnam Alag
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Publication number: 20230374493Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to analyzing components of a cell. In some embodiments, the present invention relate to analyzing components of a single cell. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions relate to sequencing nucleic acids. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions relate to identifying and/or quantitiating nucleic acid, proteins, organelles, and/or cellular metabolites.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Gunderson, Frank J. Steemers, Jeffrey S. Fisher, Roberto Rigatti
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Patent number: 11819843Abstract: An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, which includes nano-depressions defined in a surface of the substrate, and interstitial regions separating the nano-depressions. A hydrophobic material layer has a surface that is at least substantially co-planar with the interstitial regions and is positioned to define a hydrophobic barrier around respective sub-sets of the nano-depressions.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Tarun Kumar Khurana, Arnaud Rival, Lewis J. Kraft, Steven Barnard, M. Shane Bowen, Xi-Jun Chen, Yir-Shyuan Wu, Jeffrey S. Fisher, Dajun Yuan
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Patent number: 11821411Abstract: Actuation systems and methods are disclosed. An apparatus includes a system including a flow cell receptacle and a valve drive assembly including a shape memory alloy actuator including a pair of shape memory alloy wires and a flow cell disposable within the flow cell receptacle and having a membrane valve. The system actuates the membrane valve, via the shape memory alloy actuator, by causing a voltage to be applied to a first one of the shape memory alloy wires and the system not applying the voltage to a second one of the shape memory alloy wires.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Reto Schoch, Xuance Zhou, Tarun Khurana, Chetanya Jain, Gregory Suematsu
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Patent number: 11815458Abstract: A method comprises: directing, using an objective and a first reflective surface, first autofocus light toward a sensor, the first autofocus light reflected from a first surface of a substrate; preventing second autofocus light from reaching the sensor, the second autofocus light reflected from a second surface of the substrate; and directing, using the objective and a second reflective surface, emission light toward the sensor, the emission light originating from a sample at the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Simon Prince, Danilo Condello, Vincent Hsieh, Krysada Phounsiri, John O'Shaughnessy
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Patent number: 11814678Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern index oligonucleotides configured to identify sources of samples of nucleic acids and methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for identifying and making the index oligonucleotides. In some implementations, the index oligonucleotides include a set of index sequences, a Hamming distance between any two index sequences of the set of index sequences meeting one or more criteria. System, apparatus, and computer program products are also provided for determining a sequence of interest using the index oligonucleotides.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Tatjana Singer, Ryan Kelley, Gordon Bean, Eric Vermaas
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Patent number: 11816816Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically correcting image distortion during imaging of a patterned sample having repeating spots. Different sets of image distortion correction coefficients may be calculated for different regions of a sample during a first imaging cycle of a multicycle imaging run and subsequently applied in real time to image data generated during subsequent cycles. In one implementation, image distortion correction coefficients may be calculated for an image of a patterned sample having repeated spots by: estimating an affine transform of the image; sharpening the image; and iteratively searching for an optimal set of distortion correction coefficients for the sharpened image, where iteratively searching for the optimal set of distortion correction coefficients for the sharpened image includes calculating a mean chastity for spot locations in the image, and where the estimated affine transform is applied during each iteration of the search.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Robert Langlois, Paul Belitz
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Patent number: 11817182Abstract: We propose a neural network-implemented method for base calling analytes. The method includes accessing a sequence of per-cycle image patches for a series of sequencing cycles, where pixels in the image patches contain intensity data for associated analytes, and applying three-dimensional (3D) convolutions on the image patches on a sliding convolution window basis such that, in a convolution window, a 3D convolution filter convolves over a plurality of the image patches and produces at least one output feature. The method further includes beginning with output features produced by the 3D convolutions as starting input, applying further convolutions and producing final output features and processing the final output features through an output layer and producing base calls for one or more of the associated analytes to be base called at each of the sequencing cycles.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventor: Emrah Kostem
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Publication number: 20230357731Abstract: Presented herein are altered polymerase enzymes for improved incorporation of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues, in particular altered polymerases that maintain high fidelity under reduced incorporation times, as well as methods and kits using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicants: ILLUMINA, INC., ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED, ILLUMINA SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kay Klausing, Hamed Tabatabaei Ghomi, Misha Golynskiy, Saurabh Nirantar, Seth McDonald, Sergio Peisajovich
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Patent number: 11806836Abstract: A composition is provided that comprises a calcium carbonate slurry. The calcium carbonate slurry comprises a plurality of calcium carbonate particles suspended in a solution, where the solution comprises a dispersant and an anionic surfactant. The concentration of the calcium carbonate particles in the calcium carbonate slurry is equal to or less than about 2.0 wt. %.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Robert Yang, Samantha K. Brittelle, You-Jung Cheng, Scott William Bailey, James M. Tsay
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Patent number: 11803554Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs for generating and using a hash table configured to improve mapping of reads are disclosed that include obtaining a first seed of K nucleotides from a reference sequence, generating a seed extension tree having a nodes, wherein each node of the nodes corresponds to (i) an extended seed that is an extension of the first seed and has a nucleotide length of K* and (ii) one or more locations, in a seed extension table, that include data describing reference sequence locations that match the extended seed, and for each node: storing interval information at a location of the hash table that corresponds to an index key for the extended seed, wherein the interval information references one or more locations in the seed extension table that include reference sequence locations that match the extended seed associated with the node.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventor: Michael Ruehle
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Patent number: 11798650Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to constructing a convolutional neural network-based classifier for variant classification. In particular, it relates to training a convolutional neural network-based classifier on training data using a backpropagation-based gradient update technique that progressively match outputs of the convolutional neural network-based classifier with corresponding ground truth labels. The convolutional neural network-based classifier comprises groups of residual blocks, each group of residual blocks is parameterized by a number of convolution filters in the residual blocks, a convolution window size of the residual blocks, and an atrous convolution rate of the residual blocks, the size of convolution window varies between groups of residual blocks, the atrous convolution rate varies between groups of residual blocks. The training data includes benign training examples and pathogenic training examples of translated sequence pairs generated from benign variants and pathogenic variants.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Laksshman Sundaram, Kai-How Farh, Hong Gao, Jeremy Francis McRae
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Patent number: D1003452Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Jay Taylor, Bradley Drews, James Osmus, Philip Paik, Tsukasa Takahashi, Brandon Westerberg, Jack Godfrey Wood, Carlos Dominguez