Patents by Inventor Cosmin Deciu

Cosmin Deciu 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: 12534758
    Abstract: Technology herein relates in part to methods, processes and apparatuses for analyzing nucleic acid sequence reads, where the sequence reads are partial sequence reads having one or more nucleotide species from a subset of the nucleotide species present in a sample nucleic acid at some but not all nucleotide positions of the partial sequence reads or one or more nucleobase classes at some or all nucleotide positions of the partial sequence reads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Dirk Johannes Van Den Boom, Charles R. Cantor, Sung Kyun Kim, Zeljko Dzakula, Cosmin Deciu
  • Publication number: 20260004876
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations. Provided in certain aspects are systems for analyzing cell-free nucleic acid sequence reads. Provided in certain aspects are systems for detecting a chromosome aneuploidy. Provided in certain aspects are systems for detecting a chromosome aneuploidy based on an analysis of cell-free nucleic acid sequence reads for chromosomes 13, 18, and 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Zeljko Dzakula
  • Publication number: 20250356952
    Abstract: The technology relates in part to estimating fetal fraction in non-invasive prenatal testing using one or more fragmentomics parameters. In some aspects, the technology relates to estimating fetal fraction according to nucleic acid fragment lengths and sequence motif frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Fan SONG, Cosmin DECIU, Mahdi GOLKARAM, Mike MEHAN, Chen ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12437838
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Zeljko Dzakula
  • Patent number: 12410475
    Abstract: Technology provided herein relates in part to methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Jacob Jensen, Jennifer Geis, Sung Kyun Kim, Cosmin Deciu, Mathias Ehrich
  • Patent number: 12400736
    Abstract: Provided in part herein are methods and processes that can be used for non-invasive assessment of a genetic variation which can lead to diagnosis of a particular medical condition or conditions. Such methods and processes can, for example, identify dissimilarities or similarities for one or more features between a subject data set and a reference data set, generate a multidimensional matrix, reduce the matrix into a representation and classify the representation into one or more groups. Methods and processes described herein are applicable to data in biotechnology and other fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Lin Tang, Cosmin Deciu
  • Publication number: 20250239328
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations that make use of nucleic acid fragments from circulating cell free nucleic acid. Also provided herein are methods for partitioning one or more genomic regions of a reference genome into a plurality of portions according to one or more features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Chen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250157575
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Sung K. KIM, Cosmin DECIU
  • Publication number: 20250157582
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes, systems, machines and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Sung K. KIM, Gregory HANNUM, Jennifer GEIS, Cosmin DECIU
  • Patent number: 12260935
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for sample quality control in CNV detection using test samples comprising cell-free nucleic acid fragments originating from a mother and a fetus. The method involves determining an exclusion region defined by at least a fetal fraction limit of detection (LOD) curve. The fetal fraction LOD curve varies with coverage values and indicates minimum values of fetal fractions needed to achieve a detection criterion given different coverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah L. Kinnings, Cosmin Deciu, Badri Padhukasahasram, Dimitri Skvortsov
  • Publication number: 20250006298
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations. Also provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for determining fetal fraction in a cell-free a sample from a pregnant subject. Also provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for determining fetal fraction in a cell-free a sample from a pregnant subject based on a maternal copy number variation. Also provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for determining fetal fraction in a cell-free a sample from a pregnant subject based on a maternal microduplication or microdeletion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Cosmin DECIU, Zeljko DZAKULA, Amin MAZLOOM
  • Patent number: 12176067
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Sung K. Kim, Cosmin Deciu
  • Patent number: 12112832
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Zeljko Dzakula, Amin Mazloom
  • Publication number: 20240161866
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations that make use of nucleic acid fragment length information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Chen ZHAO, Cosmin DECIU, Dirk Johannes VAN DEN BOOM
  • Publication number: 20240141422
    Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying a genetic variant in a test sample by comparing sequences reads obtained from the test sample to unique k-mers that are representative of a target genomic region. In one particular aspect, a method is described that includes generating a dictionary of a target genomic region having a set of unique k-mers by: accessing a sequence of the target genomic region, determining a set of k-mers for the target genomic region, comparing the set of k-mers for the target genomic region with one or more sets of k-mers for non-target genomic regions, and selecting the unique k-mers that do not appear in the one or more sets of k-mers for non-target genomic regions. The dictionary can then be used to identify a genetic variant in a test sample by comparing sequences reads obtained from the test sample to the unique k-mers in the dictionary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Zhao, Cosmin Deciu, Eyad Almasri, Tong Liu
  • Patent number: 11783911
    Abstract: Methods for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations that make use of nucleic acid fragment length information, in particular length of fragments in circulating cell-free nucleic acids and compares the number of counts from fragments with different length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC
    Inventors: Chen Zhao, Cosmin Deciu, Dirk Johannes Van Den Boom
  • Publication number: 20230279494
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Cosmin DECIU, Mathias EHRICH, Dirk J. VAN DEN BOOM, Zeljko DZAKULA
  • Publication number: 20230257818
    Abstract: The presently described techniques provide for the use of low-pass sequencing data in the calculation of a polygenic risk score for an individual. As discussed herein, the low-pass sequencing data may be acquired in a context where DNA (e.g., cfDNA) from more than one source is present in the sample and the portion of the DNA attributable to a secondary source may bias the PRS calculation for the primary individual of interest. In one implementation fragment length may be used to derive a function (e.g., a linear function) relating fetal fraction to the respective PRS estimate at each fetal fraction. This function may then be used to calculate the PRS in the absence of a fetal contribution (i.e., at a 0% fetal fraction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Mehan, Sung Kim, Cosmin Deciu
  • Patent number: 11697849
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Mathias Ehrich, Dirk J. van den Boom, Zeljko Dzakula
  • Publication number: 20230112134
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Cosmin DECIU, Zeljko Jovan DZAKULA, Mathias EHRICH, Sung Kyun KIM