Patents by Inventor Alexander Wong

Alexander Wong 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).

  • Publication number: 20200208196
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard ZIMMERMANN, Matthew HILL, Philippe LACROUTE, Michael DODD, Alexander WONG
  • Patent number: 10650912
    Abstract: A system for providing structural variation or phasing information is provided. The system accesses a nucleic acid sequence dataset corresponding to a target nucleic acid in a sample. The dataset comprises a header, synopsis, and data section. The data section comprises a plurality of sequencing reads. Each sequencing read comprises a first portion corresponding to a subset of the target nucleic acid and a second portion that encodes an identifier for the sequencing read from a plurality of identifiers. One or more programs in the memory of the system use a microprocessor of the system to provide a haplotype visualization tool that receives a request for structural variation or phasing information from the dataset. The request is evaluated against the synopsis thereby identifying portions of the data section. Structural variation or phasing information is formatted for display in the haplotype visualization tool using the identified portions of the data section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Schnall-Levin, Alexander Wong, David Luther Alan Stafford
  • Patent number: 10643740
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication of the comparison of the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual graphically. A first graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are identical. A second graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are half identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20200137063
    Abstract: Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Lee Hawthorne, Oleksiy Khomenko, Jeffrey Mellen, Marcela Miyazawa, Michael Polcari, Jack Tihon, Alexander Wong, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Patent number: 10597709
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 10597708
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20200063577
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to turbine wheel assemblies for gas turbine engines. Such turbine wheel assemblies may include ceramic matrix composite airfoil components mounted with different types of coupling to a central disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael J. Whittle, Alexander Wong, Anthony Razzell, Ted J. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20200008677
    Abstract: A system may include emitters configured to emit radiation at a first wavelength of electromagnetic (EM) radiation and a second wavelength of EM radiation towards a biological tissue, and receivers configured to receive responses to the first and second wavelengths of EM radiation after the wavelengths of EM radiation interact with the biological tissue. The system may also include a signal mixer unit configured to perform operations that include replicate and mix first signals representative of the responses to the first wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers and second signals representative of the responses to the second wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers to generate a set of spectro-spatial responses, replicate and mix the spectro-spatial responses to generate markers, and replicate and mix the markers and user-selected markers to output a sequence associated with characterization of the biological tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Iman Khodadad, Alexander Wong, Farnoud Kazemzadeh
  • Patent number: 10516670
    Abstract: Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Hawthorne, Oleksiy Khomenko, Jeffrey Mellen, Marcela Miyazawa, Michael Polcari, Jack Tihon, Alexander Wong, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20190316177
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard ZIMMERMANN, Matthew HILL, Philippe LACROUTE, Michael DODD, Alexander WONG
  • Patent number: 10432640
    Abstract: Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Hawthorne, Oleksiy Khomenko, Jeffrey Mellen, Marcela Miyazawa, Michael Polcari, Jack Tihon, Alexander Wong, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Patent number: 10413184
    Abstract: A system may include emitters configured to emit radiation at a first wavelength of electromagnetic (EM) radiation and a second wavelength of EM radiation towards a biological tissue, and receivers configured to receive responses to the first and second wavelengths of EM radiation after the wavelengths of EM radiation interact with the biological tissue. The system may also include a signal mixer unit configured to perform operations that include replicate and mix first signals representative of the responses to the first wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers and second signals representative of the responses to the second wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers to generate a set of spectro-spatial responses, replicate and mix the spectro-spatial responses to generate markers, and replicate and mix the markers and user-selected markers to output a sequence associated with characterization of the biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: VITAL BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Iman Khodadad, Alexander Wong, Farnoud Kazemzadeh
  • Publication number: 20190281061
    Abstract: Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Lee Hawthorne, Oleksiy Khomenko, Jeffrey Mellen, Marcela Miyazawa, Michael Polcari, Jack Tihon, Alexander Wong, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20190267115
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication of the comparison of the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual graphically. A first graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are identical. A second graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are half identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20190256894
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20190219498
    Abstract: A method may include emitting a band of electromagnetic (EM) radiation towards a specimen that covers at least a first and a second wavelength of EM radiation. The method may also include receiving, at a first receiver configured to receive the first wavelength of EM radiation, responses to the EM radiation after the EM radiation interacts with the specimen; and receiving, at a second receiver configured to receive the second wavelength of EM radiation, responses to the EM radiation after the EM radiation interacts with the specimen. The method may also include extracting markers from a combination of first signals representative of the received responses at the first receiver and second signals representative of the received responses at the second receiver, the extracting including replicating and mixing the first signals and the second signals to extract the plurality of markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Iman Khodadad, Alexander Wong, Farnoud Kazemzadeh
  • Patent number: 10351906
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20190206514
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication of the comparison of the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual graphically. A first graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are identical. A second graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are half identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: RE47845
    Abstract: A device, system and method for content-adaptive resolution-enhancement is provided. A plurality of subframe streams are generated from a video stream, each of the plurality of subframe streams comprising a lower resolution version of the video stream, pixel-shifted from one another. A plurality of output subframe streams are generated from the plurality of subframe streams in a one-to-one relationship by: applying a plurality of video enhancement filters to each of the plurality of subframe streams, each of the plurality of video enhancement filters for enhancing different features of the video stream; and, combining one or more resulting enhanced subframe streams into a respective output subframe stream based on data in one or more regions of the video stream. One or more projectors are controlled to project the plurality of output subframe streams to combine the plurality of output subframe streams into a higher resolution projected video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Wong, Yaguang Li, Mark Lamm, Hicham Sekkati
  • Patent number: D886835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naugton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong