Patents by Inventor John Allen Tynan

John Allen Tynan 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: 20230060700
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and processes that utilize genomic regions that are differentially methylated between a mother and her fetus to separate, isolate or enrich fetal nucleic acid from a maternal sample. The compositions and processes described herein are particularly useful for non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, including the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: John Allen Tynan, Grant Hogg
  • Patent number: 11492659
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for determining fetal ploidy according to nucleic acid sequence reads. Nucleic acid sequence reads may be obtained from test sample nucleic acid comprising circulating cell-free nucleic acid from the blood of a pregnant female bearing a fetus. Fetal ploidy may be determined according to genomic section levels and a fraction of fetal nucleic acid in a test sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Zeljko Dzakula, John Allen Tynan, Grant Hogg
  • Patent number: 11332791
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and processes that utilize genomic regions that are differentially methylated between a mother and her fetus to separate, isolate or enrich fetal nucleic acid from a maternal sample. The compositions and processes described herein are particularly useful for non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, including the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: John Allen Tynan, Grant Hogg
  • Publication number: 20220093208
    Abstract: This application provides methods and systems for determining transplant status. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining a biological sample from hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipient; measuring the amount of one or more identified recipient-specific nucleic acids or donor-specific nucleic acids in the sample; and (c) determining transplant status by monitoring the amount of the one or more identified recipient-specific nucleic acids or donor-specific nucleic acids after transplantation. In some approaches, the one or more recipient-specific or the donor-specific nucleic acids are identified based on the amount of one or more polymorphic nucleic acid targets, which can be used to determine the transplant status. Optionally, the biological sample is blood or bone marrow. Optionally the nucleic acid is genomic DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Roy Brian LEFKOWITZ, John Allen TYNAN, Chen XU
  • Publication number: 20210301342
    Abstract: This application provides methods and systems for determining transplant status. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining a biological sample from an organ transplant recipient who has received an organ; isolating cell-free nucleic acids from the biological sample; measuring the amount of each allele of one or more polymorphic nucleic acid targets in the biological sample; identifying the donor specific allele using a computer algorithm based on the measurements of the one or more polymorphic nucleic acid targets, whereby detecting one or more donor-specific circulating cell-free nucleic acids, detecting tissue injury based on the presence or amount of said one or more donor-specific nucleic acids, thereby determining transplant status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Roy Brian Lefkowitz, John Allen Tynan, Chen Xu
  • Publication number: 20190276874
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Zeljko Dzakula, John Allen Tynan, Grant Hogg
  • Patent number: 10196681
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for determining the fraction of fetal nucleic acid in a test sample derived from a pregnant female with improved accuracy and/or precision. Also, provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for determining the presence or absence of a genetic variation in a fetus with improved accuracy and/or precision. Certain methods include using fetal fraction measurements for the determination of a fetal genetic variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: Cosmin Deciu, Zeljko Dzakula, John Allen Tynan, Grant Hogg
  • Publication number: 20170342477
    Abstract: Technology provided herein relates in part to methods, processes, machines and apparatuses for detecting genetic variations. In some embodiments, the technology is related to non-invasive assessment of aneuploidies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Sequenom, Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Jacob Jensen, Mathias Ehrich, Dirk van den Boom, John Allen Tynan, Sung Kyun Kim, Timothy S. Burcham, Christopher K. Ellison, Youting Sun
  • Publication number: 20170058350
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and processes that utilize genomic regions that are differentially methylated between a mother and her fetus to separate, isolate or enrich fetal nucleic acid from a maternal sample. The compositions and processes described herein are particularly useful for non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, including the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: John Allen TYNAN, Grant HOGG
  • Publication number: 20140093873
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and processes that utilize genomic regions that are differentially methylated between a mother and her fetus to separate, isolate or enrich fetal nucleic acid from a maternal sample. The compositions and processes described herein are particularly useful for non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, including the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SEQUENOM, INC.
    Inventors: John Allen TYNAN, Grant Hogg
  • Publication number: 20130288244
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Cosmin DECIU, Zeljko Dzakula, John Allen Tynan, Grant Hogg