Patents by Inventor Andrew C. Seaman

Andrew C. Seaman 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).

  • Learning Architecture and Pipelines for Granular Determination of Genetic Ancestry
    Publication number: 20240120028
    Abstract: An example embodiment may involve estimating, from genetic data of a plurality of individuals, identity-by-descent (IBD) segments; forming, from the IBD segments, a relationship graph representing genetic linkages between the individuals; determining, by applying a stochastic block model to the relationship graph, a plurality of genetic groups, wherein each of the genetic groups is assigned a respective subset of the individuals who share a greater amount of IBD segment length with one another than with a further respective subset of the individuals who are in other of the genetic groups; and training, for each of the genetic groups, a respective classifier based on (i) input including genome-wide local ancestry proportions of the individuals and sums of IBD segments for the individuals in the respective genetic group, and (ii) associated output of assignments of the individuals to the genetic groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy B. Do, Nathaniel McQuay, Rachel E. Lopatin, Manoj Ganesan, Subarnarekha Sinha, Andrew C. Seaman, William A. Freyman, Katarzyna Bryc, Steven J. Micheletti, Peter R. Wilton, Samantha G. Ancona Esselmann
  • Methods and systems for determining and displaying pedigrees
    Patent number: 11514627
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan M. Jewett, Andrew C. Seaman, Kimberly F. McManus, William A. Freyman, Cordell T. Blakkan, Adam Auton, Joanna L. Mountain, Susan M. Furest, Rachel E. Lopatin, Hang Xu, Hilary M. Vance
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PEDIGREES
    Publication number: 20220198726
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data, and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Ethan Macneil Jewett, Andrew C. Seaman, Kimberly Faith McManus, William Allen Freyman, Cordell T. Blakkan, Adam Auton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Susan M. Furest, Rachel E. Lopatin, Hang Xu, Hilary M. Vance
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PEDIGREES
    Publication number: 20210166452
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ethan M. Jewett, Andrew C. Seaman, Kimberly F. McManus, William Allen Freyman, Cordell T. Blakkan, Adam Auton, Joanna L. Mountain, Susan M. Furest, Rachel E. Lopatin, Hang Xu, Hilary M. Vance
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PEDIGREES
    Publication number: 20210082167
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ethan M. Jewett, Andrew C. Seaman, Kimberly F. McManus, William A. Freyman, Cordell T. Blakkan, Adam Auton, Joanna L. Mountain, Susan M. Furest, Rachel E. Lopatin, Hang Xu, Hilary M. Vance