Patents by Inventor Heidi J. Sofia

Heidi J. Sofia 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: 6990238
    Abstract: A system or method consistent with an embodiment of the present invention is useful in analyzing large volumes of different types of data, such as textual data, numeric data, categorical data, or sequential string data, for use in identifying relationships among the data types or different operations that have been performed on the data. A system or method consistent with the present invention determines and displays the relative content and context of related information and is operative to aid in identifying relationships among disparate data types. Various data types, such as numerical data, protein and DNA sequence data, categorical information, and textual information, such as annotations associated with the numerical data or research papers may be correlated for visual analysis. A variety of user-selectable views may be correlated for user interaction to identify relationships that exist among the different types of data or various operations performed on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Saffer, Augustin J. Calapristi, Nancy E. Miller, Randall E. Scarberry, Sarah J. Thurston, Susan L. Havre, Scott D. Decker, Deborah A. Payne, Heidi J. Sofia, Gregory S. Thomas, Lisa C. Stillwell, Guang Chen, Vernon L. Crow, Cory L. Albright, Sean J. Zabriskie, Kevin M. Groch, Joel M. Malard, Lucille T. Nowell
  • Patent number: 6898530
    Abstract: Systems for creating high-dimensional vectors representing sequence strings and biopolymer materials are provided. A first system for divides respective sequence strings into blocks of at least three units to create a vocabulary of blocks. A second system selects predefined domains of a plurality of items of biopolymer materials. A third system defines each item of biopolymer material in a data set of biopolymer materials as a surface using descriptors of at least one of structure and function. A fourth system compares information regarding each biopolymer material of a plurality of biopolymer materials to information regarding each other biopolymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Saffer, Augustin J. Calapristi, Nancy E. Miller, Randall E. Scarberry, Heidi J. Sofia, Lisa C. Stillwell, Guang Chen, Philip J. Monroe