Patents by Inventor Kevin PAPENFUSS

Kevin PAPENFUSS 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: 11836614
    Abstract: A system and methods are provided for image driven quality control for array based PCR. The system comprises a PCR unit, a reaction array plate, a convolutional neural network (CNN) configured to receive a sequence of images of the reaction array plate in the PCR system, and an output of the CNN coupled to a control for the reaction array plate. The method comprises applying a sequence of images from a plurality of subarrays of the reaction array plate to a plurality of CNNs during operation of the PCR system on the reaction plate array, operating the CNNs to generate failure mode predictions for the reaction plate based on the sequence of images, and coupling an output of the CNNs to one or more of a setting for manufacture of the reaction array plate or to control the PCR system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Chu, Nivedita Majumbar, Manjula Aliminati, Yongzhi Chen, Kevin Papenfuss
  • Publication number: 20200074303
    Abstract: A system and methods are provided for image driven quality control for array based PCR. The system comprises a PCR unit, a reaction array plate, a convolutional neural network (CNN) configured to receive a sequence of images of the reaction array plate in the PCR system, and an output of the CNN coupled to a control for the reaction array plate. The method comprises applying a sequence of images from a plurality of subarrays of the reaction array plate to a plurality of CNNs during operation of the PCR system on the reaction plate array, operating the CNNs to generate failure mode predictions for the reaction plate based on the sequence of images, and coupling an output of the CNNs to one or more of a setting for manufacture of the reaction array plate or to control the PCR system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yong CHU, Nivedita MAJUMBAR, Manjula ALIMINATI, Yongzhi CHEN, Kevin PAPENFUSS