Patents by Inventor Zhaohui Steve Qin

Zhaohui Steve Qin 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).

  • Haplotype determination
    Patent number: 6920398
    Abstract: Haplotypes for phased genotypic information are determined from unphased genotypic information. One exemplary method includes separating a dataset that includes genotypic information for a plurality of markers for each of a plurality of individuals into subdatasets, each subdataset including the genotypic information for a subset of the plurality of markers; for each subdataset, identifying haplotypes compatible with marker information for each marker of the subset and for each individual of the plurality; and for each individual, assembling the haplotypes from each of the subsets to provide the individual's haplotype with respect to the plurality of markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jun S. Liu, Zhaohui Steve Qin, Tianhua Niu
  • Haplotype determination
    Publication number: 20030059808
    Abstract: Haplotypes for phased genotypic information are determined from unphased genotypic information. One exemplary method includes separating a dataset that includes genotypic information for a plurality of markers for each of a plurality of individuals into subdatasets, each subdataset including the genotypic information for a subset of the plurality of markers; for each subdataset, identifying haplotypes compatible with marker information for each marker of the subset and for each individual of the plurality; and for each individual, assembling the haplotypes from each of the subsets to provide the individual's haplotype with respect to the plurality of markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Jun S. Liu, Zhaohui Steve Qin, Tianhua Niu