Patents by Inventor Earl A. Hubbell

Earl A. Hubbell 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).

  • Computer-aided engineering system for design of sequence arrays and lithographic masks
    Patent number: 5856101
    Abstract: An improved set of computer tools for forming arrays. According to one aspect of the invention, a computer system (100) is used to select probes and design the layout of an array of DNA or other polymers with certain beneficial characteristics. According to another aspect of the invention, a computer system uses chip design files (104) to design and/or generate lithographic masks (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl A. Hubbell, MacDonald S. Morris, James L. Winkler
  • Arrays of nucleic acid probes on biological chips
    Patent number: 5837832
    Abstract: DNA chips containing arrays of oligonucleotide probes can be used to determine whether a target nucleic acid has a nucleotide sequence identical to or different from a specific reference sequence. The array of probes comprises probes exactly complementary to the reference sequence, as well as probes that differ by one or more bases from the exactly complementary probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Chee, Maureen T. Cronin, Stephen P. A. Fodor, Xiaohua X. Huang, Earl A. Hubbell, Robert J. Lipshutz, Peter E. Lobban, MacDonald S. Morris, Edward L. Sheldon
  • Computer-aided engineering system for design of sequence arrays and lithographic masks
    Patent number: 5593839
    Abstract: An improved set of computer tools for forming arrays. According to one aspect of the invention, a computer system is used to select probes and design the layout of an array of DNA or other polymers with certain beneficial characteristics. According to another aspect of the invention, a computer system uses chip design files to design and/or generate lithographic masks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl A. Hubbell, Robert J. Lipshutz, Macdonald S. Morris, James L. Winkler
  • Computer-aided engineering system for design of sequence arrays and lithographic masks
    Patent number: 5571639
    Abstract: An improved set of computer tools for forming arrays. According to one aspect of the invention, a computer system (100) is used to select probes and design the layout of an array of DNA or other polymers with certain beneficial characteristics. According to another aspect of the invention, a computer system uses chip design files (104) to design and/or generate lithographic masks (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Affymax Technologies N.V.
    Inventors: Earl A. Hubbell, MacDonald S. Morris, James L. Winkler