Patents by Inventor Lawrence Hon
Lawrence Hon 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).
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Patent number: 11935628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 11776662Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20230298704Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20230238082Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 11657902Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20230059254Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 11508461Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20220139501Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 11322227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20210313013Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20210225458Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 11049589Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 11031101Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20210074385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20210043280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20210043279Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20210043278Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20190012431Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Publication number: 20170228498Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
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Patent number: 9218451Abstract: Processing genetic data includes receiving two or more genetic data sets for an individual from one or more genetic data sources, wherein the genetic data sets comprises data pertaining to the individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); merging the genetic data sets from the one or more genetic data sources to obtain a set of merged genetic data for the individual, including: identifying data in the genetic data sets that is conflicting, the identified data corresponding to a genetic marker associated with a variation that occurs at a region in the individual's genome; analyzing the identified data to resolve a discrepancy attributed to the identified conflicting data and automatically determine an appropriate value that corresponds to the genetic marker, the analysis and the determination being based at least in part on contextual information; and storing the appropriate value in the set of merged genetic data.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Wong, Oleksiy Khomenko, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Lawrence Hon