Patents by Inventor Catherine A. BALL

Catherine A. BALL 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: 20210082578
    Abstract: Described are methods for identification of likelihood of health outcomes such as the development of a medical condition using health histories from genetically related individuals. Embodiments include: receiving a first set of genetic data associated with the human subject; comparing the first set of genetic data to a plurality of sets of genetic data from a plurality of other individuals; identifying from the comparison a family network comprising individuals genetically related to the human subject as defined by identity by descent; receiving a set of health history data for each individual and each individual in the family network; analyzing the set of health history data to generate a health outcome score for the human subject, the health outcome score being a measure of risk for the human subject to develop a pre-defined health outcome that is associated with the health outcome score; and reporting the health outcome score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Catherine A. Ball, Kenneth G. Chahine, Mathew J. Barber, Julie M. Granka
  • Patent number: 10867705
    Abstract: Described are methods for identification of likelihood of health outcomes such as the development of a medical condition using health histories from genetically related individuals. Embodiments include: receiving a first set of genetic data associated with the human subject; comparing the first set of genetic data to a plurality of sets of genetic data from a plurality of other individuals; identifying from the comparison a family network comprising individuals genetically related to the human subject as defined by identity by descent; receiving a set of health history data for each individual and each individual in the family network; analyzing the set of health history data to generate a health outcome score for the human subject, the health outcome score being a measure of risk for the human subject to develop a pre-defined health outcome that is associated with the health outcome score; and reporting the health outcome score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AncestryHealth.com, LLC
    Inventors: Catherine A. Ball, Kenneth G. Chahine, Mathew J. Barber, Julie M. Granka
  • Publication number: 20180301227
    Abstract: Described are methods for identification of likelihood of health outcomes such as the development of a medical condition using health histories from genetically related individuals. Embodiments include: receiving a first set of genetic data associated with the human subject; comparing the first set of genetic data to a plurality of sets of genetic data from a plurality of other individuals; identifying from the comparison a family network comprising individuals genetically related to the human subject as defined by identity by descent; receiving a set of health history data for each individual and each individual in the family network; analyzing the set of health history data to generate a health outcome score for the human subject, the health outcome score being a measure of risk for the human subject to develop a pre-defined health outcome that is associated with the health outcome score; and reporting the health outcome score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Catherine A. BALL, Kenneth G. CHAHINE, Mathew J. BARBER, Julie M. GRANKA