Patents by Inventor Norman P. Gerry

Norman P. Gerry 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: 10131938
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Reyna Favis, Richard Kliman
  • Publication number: 20180002744
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Francis BARANY, Monib ZIRVI, Norman P. GERRY, Reyna FAVIS, Richard KLIMAN
  • Patent number: 9725759
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Reyna Favis, Richard Kliman
  • Publication number: 20160215329
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Francis BARANY, Monib ZIRVI, Norman P. GERRY, Reyna FAVIS, Richard KLIMAN
  • Patent number: 9340834
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Reyna Favis, Richard Kliman
  • Publication number: 20130345072
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The first step of the method involves providing a first set of a plurality of tetramers of four nucleotides linked together, where (1) each tetramer within the set differs from all other tetramers in the set by at least two nucleotide bases, (2) no two tetramers within a set are complementary to one another, (3) no tetramers within a set are palindromic or dinucleotide repeats, and (4) no tetramer within a set has one or less or three or more G or C nucleotides. Groups of 2 to 4 of the tetramers from the first set are linked together to form a collection of multimer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Reyna Favis, Richard Kliman
  • Patent number: 8492085
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The first step of the method involves providing a first set of a plurality of tetramers of four nucleotides linked together, where (1) each tetramer within the first set differs from all other tetramers in the first set by at least two nucleotide bases, (2) no two tetramers within the first set are complementary to one another, (3) no tetramers within the first set are palindromic or dinucleotide repeats, and (4) no tetramer within the first set has one or less or three or more G or C nucleotides. Groups of 2 to 4 of the tetramers from the first set are linked together to form a collection of multimer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Reyna Favis, Richard Kliman
  • Patent number: 8367322
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of assembling genomic maps of an organism's DNA or portions thereof. A library of an organism's DNA is provided where the individual genomic segments or sequences are found on more than one clone in the library. Representations of the genome are created, and nucleic acid sequence information is generated from the representations. The sequence information is analyzed to determine clone overlap from a representation. The clone overlap and sequence information from different representations is combined to assemble a genomic map of the organism. Once the genomic map is obtained, genomic sequence information from multiple individuals can be applied to the map and compared with one another to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Jianzhao Kiu, Brian W. Kirk, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Philip B. Paty
  • Publication number: 20120283139
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The first step of the method involves providing a first set of a plurality of tetramers of four nucleotides linked together, where (1) each tetramer within the set differs from all other tetramers in the set by at least two nucleotide bases, (2) no two tetramers within a set are complementary to one another, (3) no tetramers within a set are palindromic or dinucleotide repeats, and (4) no tetramer within a set has one or less or three or more G or C nucleotides. Groups of 2 to 4 of the tetramers from the first set are linked together to form a collection of multimer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Francis BARANY, Monib ZIRVI, Norman P. GERRY, Reyna FAVIS, Richard KLIMAN
  • Patent number: 7455965
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The first step of the method involves providing a first set of a plurality of tetramers of four nucleotides linked together, where (1) each tetramer within the first set differs from all other tetramers in the first set by at least two nucleotide bases, (2) no two tetramers within the first set are complementary to one another, (3) no tetramers within the first set are palindromic or dinucleotide repeats, and (4) no tetramer within the first set has one or less or three or more G or C nucleotides. Groups of 2 to 4 of the tetramers from the first set are linked together to form a collection of multimer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Reyna Favis, Richard Kliman
  • Publication number: 20030190634
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of assembling genomic maps of an organism's DNA or portions thereof. A library of an organism's DNA is provided where the individual genomic segments or sequences are found on more than one clone in the library. Representations of the genome are created, and nucleic acid sequence information is generated from the representations. The sequence information is analyzed to determine clone overlap from a representation. The clone overlap and sequence information from different representations is combined to assemble a genomic map of the organism. Once the genomic map is obtained, genomic sequence information from multiple individuals can be applied to the map and compared with one another to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Jianzhao Liu, Brian W. Kirk, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Philip B. Paty
  • Publication number: 20030175750
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The ligation phase utilizes a ligation detection reaction between one oligonucleotide probe, which has a target sequence-specific portion and an addressable array-specific portion, and a second oligonucleotide probe, having a target sequence-specific portion and a detectable label. After the ligation phase, the capture phase is carried out by hybridizing the ligated oligonucleotide probes to a solid support with an array of immobilized capture oligonucleotides at least some of which are complementary to the addressable array-specific portion. Following completion of the capture phase, a detection phase is carried out to detect the labels of ligated oligonucleotide probes hybridized to the solid support. The ligation phase can be preceded by an amplification process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Norman P. Gerry, Nancy E. Witowski, Joseph Day, Robert P. Hammer, George Barany
  • Patent number: 6534293
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of assembling genomic maps of an organism's DNA or portions thereof. A library of an organism's DNA is provided where the individual genomic segments or sequences are found on more than one clone in the library. Representations of the genome are created, and nucleic acid sequence information is generated from the representations. The sequence information is analyzed to determine clone overlap from a representation. The clone overlap and sequence information from different representations is combined to assemble a genomic map of the organism. Once the genomic map is obtained, genomic sequence information from multiple individuals can be applied to the map and compared with one another to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Jianzhao Liu, Brian W. Kirk, Monib Zirvi, Norman P. Gerry, Philip B. Paty
  • Patent number: 6506594
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The ligation phase utilizes a ligation detection reaction between one oligonucleotide probe, which has a target sequence-specific portion and an addressable array-specific portion, and a second oligonucleotide probe, having a target sequence-specific portion and a detectable label. After the ligation phase, the capture phase is carried out by hybridizing the ligated oligonucleotide probes to a solid support with an array of immobilized capture oligonucleotides at least some of which are complementary to the addressable array-specific portion. Following completion of the capture phase, a detection phase is carried out to detect the labels of ligated oligonucleotide probes hybridized to the solid support. The ligation phase can be preceded by an amplification process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Norman P. Gerry, Nancy E. Witowski, Joseph Day, Robert P. Hammer, George Barany