Patents by Inventor Laurel K. Willig

Laurel K. Willig 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: 20170061070
    Abstract: The process of the present invention is used to perform nucleotide sequence variant detection using two or more independent analysis methods to produce a superset of highly sensitive variant calls. The process of the present invention is used for genetic disease diagnosis including the steps of genome sequencing, creating a superset of sensitive variant calls by using at least two independent analysis methods, comparing a database of genetic diseases with disease phenotype information to produce a prioritized list of probable genetic diseases, and integrating the superset of sensitive variant calls and the prioritized list of probable genetic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Kingsmore, Laurel K. Willig, Neil Miller
  • Publication number: 20150310163
    Abstract: The method for genome analysis translates the clinical findings in the patient into a comprehensive test order for genes that can be causative of the patient's illness, delimits analysis of variants identified in the patient's genome to those that are “on target” for the patient's illness, and provides clinical annotation of the likely causative variants for inclusion in a variant warehouse that is updated as a result of each sample that is analyzed and that, in turn, provides a source of additional annotation for variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Kingsmore, Neil Miller, Carol Saunders, Sarah Soden, Emily G. Farrow, Laurel K. Willig