Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Awad

Timothy A. Awad 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: 6816867
    Abstract: A data mining tool is described that includes a data structure populator that stores one or more first sets of data selected for querying into a first data structure. The tool also has a query builder that builds at least a first query based, at least in part, on one or more query parameters. Also included in the tool is a query manager that interrogates the first data structure with the first query. The one or more first sets of data are based, at least in part, on experiments using both synthesized probe arrays and spotted probe arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Jevons, Timothy A. Awad, Conrad G. Sheppy, Nicole Ellis
  • Publication number: 20020129009
    Abstract: A data mining tool is described that includes a data structure populator that stores one or more first sets of data selected for querying into a first data structure. The tool also has a query builder that builds at least a first query based, at least in part, on one or more query parameters. Also included in the tool is a query manager that interrogates the first data structure with the first query. The one or more first sets of data are based, at least in part, on experiments using both synthesized probe arrays and spotted probe arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Jevons, Timothy A. Awad, Conrad G. Sheppy, Nicole Ellis