Patents by Inventor Jude W Shavlik

Jude W Shavlik 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: 6223128
    Abstract: A computerized method is described for assembling DNA sequence determined for small DNA fragments, called fragment reads, into larger fragments of DNA sequence called contigs. The method used makes a table of occurrences or counts for each mer appearing in any of the fragment reads and then picks from among those mers specific mers to use as mer tags. Following checking, the mer tags are used to assemble fragment reads into contigs. A feature of this method is that the processing time necessary to perform this process on a computer varies linearly with the number of fragment reads rather than with the square or cube of the number of fragment reads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: DNStar, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn F. Allex, Jude W Shavlik, Frederick R. Blattner