Patents by Inventor Richard Hockett

Richard Hockett 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).

  • Method and kits for multiplex hybridization assays
    Publication number: 20060281098
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for genotyping interfering polymorphic loci in a target polynucleotide, such as a strand of genomic DNA, in a multiplex hybridization-based assay. The invention also provides nucleic acid standards for validating the performance of such hybridization-based assays. In one aspect, the method of the invention is carried out by providing for each interfering polymorphic locus one or more probes so that at least one probe is capable of forming a perfectly match duplex at the locus regardless of the characteristic sequence of an adjacent polymorphism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Xin Miao, James Ireland, Paul Hardenbol, Thomas Daly, Dong-Jing Fu, Richard Hockett
  • Markers for metabolic syndrome obesity and insulin resistance
    Publication number: 20060177847
    Abstract: Correlations between polymorphisms and metabolic syndrome, obesity, treatment-emergent weight gain and insulin resistance are provided. Methods of diagnosing and treating metabolic syndrome, obesity, treatment-emergent weight gain and insulin resistance are provided. Systems and kits for disgnosis and treatment of metabolic syndrome, treatment-emergent weight gain, obesity and insulin resistance are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: Perlegen Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: David Cox, Dennis Ballinger, Richard Hockett, Sandra Kirkwood