Patents by Inventor Matthew Rabinowitz

Matthew Rabinowitz 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: 11450408
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NATERA, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, George Gemelos, Milena Banjevic, Allison Ryan, Zachary Demko, Matthew Hill, Bernhard Zimmermann, Johan Baner, Styrmir Sigurjonsson
  • Patent number: 11447827
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Babiarz, Tudor Pompiliu Constantin, Lane A. Eubank, George Gemelos, Matthew Micah Hill, Huseyin Eser Kirkizlar, Matthew Rabinowitz, Onur Sakarya, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Bernhard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220282335
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua BABIARZ, Tudor Pompiliu CONSTANTIN, Lane A. EUBANK, George GEMELOS, Matthew Micah HILL, Huseyin Eser KIRKIZLAR, Matthew RABINOWITZ, Onur SAKARYA, Styrmir SIGURJONSSON, Bernhard ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11414709
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Babiarz, Tudor Pompiliu Constantin, Lane A. Eubank, George Gemelos, Matthew Micah Hill, Huseyin Eser Kirkizlar, Matthew Rabinowitz, Onur Sakarya, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Bernhard Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11408031
    Abstract: Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Milena Banjevic, George Gemelos, Matthew Hill, Johan Baner, Matthew Rabinowitz, Zachary Demko, Bernhard Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11408037
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Babiarz, Tudor Pompiliu Constantin, Lane A. Eubank, George Gemelos, Matthew Micah Hill, Huseyin Eser Kirkizlar, Matthew Rabinowitz, Onur Sakarya, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Bernhard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220243259
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for evaluating segments of DNA within a single strand or chromosome using matched filtering. DNA within a cell of interest, such as a gamete or embryonic cell, may be imaged at high resolution to provide an input signal. Matched filters may be created for reference signals from reference samples of cells having homologous chromosomes that share the same haplotypes as the DNA within the cell of interest. By applying a matched filter for a given haplotype to the input signal it can be determined whether the DNA within the cell of interest shares the same haplotype as the reference sample. The nucleotide sequence of one or more segments of DNA from the cell of interest may be reconstructed by identifying the haplotypes present in the DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: THEMBA INC.
    Inventor: MATTHEW RABINOWITZ
  • Publication number: 20220213561
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua BABIARZ, Tudor Pompiliu CONSTANTIN, Lane A. EUBANK, George GEMELOS, Matthew Micah HILL, Huseyin Eser KIRKIZLAR, Matthew RABINOWITZ, Onur SAKARYA, Styrmir SIGURJONSSON, Bernhard ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11371100
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Babiarz, Tudor Pompiliu Constantin, Lane A. Eubank, George Gemelos, Matthew Micah Hill, Huseyin Eser Kirkizlar, Matthew Rabinowitz, Onur Sakarya, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Bernhard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220195526
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for increasing the fidelity of measured genetic data, for making allele calls, and for determining the state of aneuploidy, in one or a small set of cells, or from fragmentary DNA, where a limited quantity of genetic data is available. Poorly or incorrectly measured base pairs, missing alleles and missing regions are reconstructed using expected similarities between the target genome and the genome of genetically related individuals. In accordance with one embodiment, incomplete genetic data from an embryonic cell are reconstructed at a plurality of loci using the more complete genetic data from a larger sample of diploid cells from one or both parents, with or without haploid genetic data from one or both parents. In another embodiment, the chromosome copy number can be determined from the measured genetic data, with or without genetic information from one or both parents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew RABINOWITZ, Milena BANJEVIC, Zachary DEMKO, David JOHNSON, Dusan KIJACIC, Dimitri PETROV, Joshua SWEETKIND-SINGER, Jing XU
  • Publication number: 20220180966
    Abstract: Provided are methods of determining the pathogenicity of a genetic variant, the method comprising: selecting a gene of interest; identifying a network of genes or gene variants that are up-regulated, down-regulated, or co-expressed with the gene of interest, and/or that interact directly or indirectly with the gene of interest; and determining the pathogenicity of the gene of interest based on the presence, absence, and/or expression levels of the network of genes. Also provided are methods of constructing a pathogenicity classifier for a genetic variant, the method comprising training a pathogenicity classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: THEMBA INC., MYOME, INC.
    Inventors: MATTHEW RABINOWITZ, OREN SCHAEDEL
  • Patent number: 11345962
    Abstract: Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, Matthew Hill, Bernhard Zimmermann, Johan Baner, George Gemelos, Milena Banjevic, Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Zachary Demko
  • Patent number: 11345960
    Abstract: Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Milena Banjevic, George Gemelos, Matthew Hill, Johan Baner, Matthew Rabinowitz, Zachary Demko, Bernhard Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11339429
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, George Gemelos, Milena Banjevic, Allison Ryan, Zachary Demko, Matthew Hill, Bernhard Zimmermann, Johan Baner, Styrmir Sigurjonsson
  • Publication number: 20220157404
    Abstract: Provided are methods for outputting a non-Mendelian risk score, comprising: receiving from a first dataset (i) genotype data for a subject and (ii) genotype data and phenotype data for one or more blood relatives of a subject having a gene of interest; receiving from a second dataset genotype population data and phenotype population data, wherein the population comprises two or more blood relatives; training a model on the first and second datasets to determine a genetic risk in the subject associated with one or more non-Mendelian gene of interest; and outputting a phenotypic risk score for the subject. Also provided are systems and non-transitory machine-readable media for outputting a polygenic risk score for a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: THEMBA INC.
    Inventor: MATTHEW RABINOWITZ
  • Publication number: 20220154290
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua BABIARZ, Tudor Pompiliu CONSTANTIN, Lane A. EUBANK, George GEMELOS, Matthew Micah HILL, Huseyin Eser KIRKIZLAR, Matthew RABINOWITZ, Onur SAKARYA, Styrmir SIGURJONSSON, Bernhard ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11332785
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, George Gemelos, Milena Banjevic, Allison Ryan, Zachary Demko, Matthew Hill, Bernhard Zimmermann, Johan Baner, Styrmir Sigurjonsson
  • Patent number: 11332793
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, Matthew Micah Hill, Bernhard Zimmermann, Johan Baner, George Gemelos, Milena Banjevic, Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Zachary Demko
  • Patent number: 11326208
    Abstract: Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, Matthew Hill, Bernhard Zimmermann, Johan Baner, George Gemelos, Milena Banjevic, Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Zachary Demko
  • Publication number: 20220139495
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew RABINOWITZ, George GEMELOS, Milena BANJEVIC, Allison RYAN, Zachary DEMKO, Matthew HILL, Bernhard ZIMMERMANN, Johan BANER, Styrmir SIGURJONSSON