Patents by Inventor Joanna Louise Mountain

Joanna Louise Mountain 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: 10296847
    Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael MacPherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Publication number: 20190139623
    Abstract: Estimating parental contribution of ancestry includes: obtaining a set of ancestry assignment data associated with an individual's genotype data, at least some of the ancestry assignment data indicating that one or more segments of the individual's genotype data is deemed to be associated with a specific ancestry; determining whether in the individual's genotype data there is at least one confirmed region of overlapping ancestry assignment associated with the specific ancestry; in the event that it is determined that there is at least one confirmed region of overlapping ancestry assignment associated with the specific ancestry: specifying that parental contribution of the specific ancestry is made by both parents of the individual; in the event that it is determined that there is no confirmed region of overlapping ancestry assignment associated with the specific ancestry: statistically determining whether the parental contribution to the specific ancestry is made by only one parent of the individual or by bot
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Katarzyna Bryc, Eric Yves Jean-Marc Durand, Joanna Louise Mountain, Robin Patrick Smith, Peilun Shan, Bradley Kittredge
  • Publication number: 20190012431
    Abstract: Determining relative relationships of people who share a common ancestor within at least a threshold number of generations includes: receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users; processing, using one or more computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel; determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users, the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponding to a number of generations within which the first user and the second user share a common ancestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20170330358
    Abstract: Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Publication number: 20170329891
    Abstract: Inferring a characteristic of an individual is disclosed. An indication that a first user and a second user have at least one shared chromosomal segment is received. Information about the second user is obtained. A characteristic of the first user is inferred based at least in part on the information about the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Publication number: 20170329899
    Abstract: Estimating parental contribution of ancestry includes: obtaining a set of ancestry assignment data associated with an individual's genotype data, at least some of the ancestry assignment data indicating that one or more segments of the individual's genotype data is deemed to be associated with a specific ancestry; determining whether in the individual's genotype data there is at least one confirmed region of overlapping ancestry assignment associated with the specific ancestry; in the event that it is determined that there is at least one confirmed region of overlapping ancestry assignment associated with the specific ancestry: specifying that parental contribution of the specific ancestry is made by both parents of the individual; in the event that it is determined that there is no confirmed region of overlapping ancestry assignment associated with the specific ancestry: statistically determining whether the parental contribution to the specific ancestry is made by only one parent of the individual or by bot
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Katarzyna Bryc, Eric Yves Jean-Marc Durand, Joanna Louise Mountain, Robin Patrick Smith, Peilun Shan, Brad Kittredge
  • Publication number: 20170329902
    Abstract: Admixture generation determination includes: obtaining ancestry assignment information associated with an individual's genotype data, the ancestry assignment information at least indicating that a portion of the individual's genotype data is deemed to be associated with a specific ancestry; determining the individual's genetic ancestry summary data corresponding to the specific ancestry; estimating an admixture generation associated with the specific ancestry, the admixture generation indicating a most recent generation or a most recent generation range from which the individual has at least one non-admixed ancestor of the specific ancestry, the estimation including a maximum likelihood determination based at least in part on the individual's genetic ancestry summary data and a recombination model; and outputting the estimated admixture generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Katarzyna Bryc, Eric Yves Jean-Marc Durand, Joanna Louise Mountain, Robin Patrick Smith, Peilun Shan, Brad Kittredge
  • Publication number: 20170277828
    Abstract: Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a phenotypic characteristic for an individual includes: receiving information pertaining to the phenotypic characteristic of an individual; identifying, using one or more computer processors, a set of one or more markers associated with the phenotypic characteristic; obtaining a set of one or more marker measurements of the individual that corresponds to the set of one or more markers; obtaining a set of one or more statistical factors that measure associations between the set of one or more markers and the phenotypic characteristic; determining an aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the retrieved set of one or more statistical factors; and outputting a display characteristic to be displayed that is associated with the aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic for the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Andro Rene Hsu, Oleksiy Khomenko, John Michael Macpherson, Joanna Louise Mountain, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20170228498
    Abstract: Determining relative relationships of people who share a common ancestor within at least a threshold number of generations includes: receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users; processing, using one or more computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel; determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users, the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponding to a number of generations within which the first user and the second user share a common ancestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20130345988
    Abstract: Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a phenotypic characteristic for an individual includes: receiving information pertaining to the phenotypic characteristic of an individual; identifying, using one or more computer processors, a set of one or more markers associated with the phenotypic characteristic; obtaining a set of one or more marker measurements of the individual that corresponds to the set of one or more markers; obtaining a set of one or more statistical factors that measure associations between the set of one or more markers and the phenotypic characteristic; determining an aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the retrieved set of one or more statistical factors; and outputting a display characteristic to be displayed that is associated with the aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic for the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Andro Rene Hsu, Oleksiy Khomenko, John Michael Macpherson, Joanna Louise Mountain, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 8543339
    Abstract: Gamete donor selection includes receiving a specification including a phenotype of interest, receiving a genotype of a recipient and a plurality of genotypes of a respective plurality of donors, determining statistical information pertaining to the phenotype of interest based at least in part on different pairings of the genotype of the recipient and a genotype of a donor in the plurality of donors, and identifying a preferred donor among the plurality of donors, based at least in part on the statistical information determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey, Joanna Louise Mountain, John Michael Macpherson, Joyce Yeh-hong Tung
  • Patent number: 8510057
    Abstract: Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a characteristic for an individual is disclosed, including determining the characteristic to be evaluated, identifying one or more markers associated with the characteristic, retrieving the measurement of the individual for each of the one or more markers from a database of individuals' markers, retrieving a statistical factor that measures the association between the marker associated with the characteristic and the characteristic for each of the one or more markers from the marker database, and determining the aggregate contribution based at least in part on the retrieved statistical factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Andro Rene Hsu, Oleksiy Khomenko, John Michael Macpherson, Joanna Louise Mountain, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 8463554
    Abstract: Determining relative relationship includes receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information of a first user and recombinable DNA information of a second user, determining, based at least in part on the recombinable DNA information of the first user and recombinable DNA information of the second user, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and the second user, and in the event that the expected degree of relationship between the first user and the second user at least meets the threshold, notifying at least the first user about a relative relationship with the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20100223281
    Abstract: Determining relative relationship includes receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information of a first user and recombinable DNA information of a second user, determining, based at least in part on the recombinable DNA information of the first user and recombinable DNA information of the second user, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and the second user, and in the event that the expected degree of relationship between the first user and the second user at least meets the threshold, notifying at least the first user about a relative relationship with the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: 23ANDME, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20100145981
    Abstract: Gamete donor selection includes receiving a specification including a phenotype of interest, receiving a genotype of a recipient and a plurality of genotypes of a respective plurality of donors, determining statistical information pertaining to the phenotype of interest based at least in part on different pairings of the genotype of the recipient and a genotype of a donor in the plurality of donors, and identifying a preferred donor among the plurality of donors, based at least in part on the statistical information determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey, Joanna Louise Mountain, John Michael Macpherson, Joyce Yeh-hong Tung