Patents by Inventor Philippe Lacroute

Philippe Lacroute 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: 11390916
    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 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 11091804
    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 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 10597708
    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: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 10597709
    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: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20190256894
    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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 10351906
    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: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 9992133
    Abstract: A switching device in a network system for transferring data includes one or more source line cards, one or more destination line cards and a switching fabric coupled to the source line cards and the destination line cards to enable data communication between any source line card and destination line card. Each source line card includes a request generator to generate a request signal to be transmitted in order to obtain an authorization to transmit data. Each destination line card includes a grant generator to generate and send back a grant signal to the source line card in response to the request signal received at the destination line card to authorize the source line card to transmit a data cell to the destination line card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pradeep S. Sindhu, Philippe Lacroute, Matthew A. Tucker, John D. Weisbloom, David B. Winters
  • Patent number: 9677118
    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: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20170145474
    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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 9479462
    Abstract: A switching device in a network system for transferring data includes one or more source line cards, one or more destination line cards and a switching fabric coupled to the source line cards and the destination line cards to enable data communication between any source line card and destination line card. Each source line card includes a request generator to generate a request signal to be transmitted in order to obtain an authorization to transmit data. Each destination line card includes a grant generator to generate and send back a grant signal to the source line card in response to the request signal received at the destination line card to authorize the source line card to transmit a data cell to the destination line card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pradeep S. Sindhu, Philippe Lacroute, Matthew A. Tucker, John D. Weisbloom, David B. Winters
  • Publication number: 20150322507
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 8811391
    Abstract: A switching device includes multiple interfaces and a switch fabric. The switch fabric includes switch integrated circuits arranged in a number of stages. Multiple virtual switch planes may be implemented in the switch fabric. Data traffic received at the interfaces is selectively assigned to different ones of the virtual switch planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Lacroute, Matthew A. Tucker, John D. Weisbloom, Anjan Venkatramani, Jayabharat Boddu, Stefan Dyckerhoff
  • Publication number: 20140141981
    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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd
  • Publication number: 20140094373
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Berhard Zimmermann, Matthew Hill, Philippe Lacroute, Michael Dodd
  • Patent number: 8611216
    Abstract: Ordering logic ensures that data items being processed by a number of parallel processing units are unloaded from the processing units in the original per-flow order that the data items were loaded into the parallel processing units. The ordering logic includes a pointer memory, a tail vector, and a head vector. Through these three elements, the ordering logic keeps track of a number of “virtual queues” corresponding to the data flows. A round robin arbiter unloads data items from the processing units only when a data item is at the head of its virtual queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis C. Ferguson, Philippe Lacroute, Chi-Chung Chen, Gerald Cheung, Tatao Chuang, Pankaj Patel, Viswesh Ananthakrishnan
  • Patent number: 8516151
    Abstract: A switch fabric includes input links, output links, and at least one switching element. The input links are configured to receive data items that include destination addresses. At least some of the data items have different priority levels. The output links are configured to output the data items. Each of the output links is assigned multiple ones of the destination addresses. Each of the destination addresses corresponds to one of the priority levels. The switching element(s) is/are configured to receive the data items from the input links and send the data items to ones of the output links without regard to the priority levels of the data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Lacroute, Matthew A. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8320369
    Abstract: A switching device includes multiple interfaces and a switch fabric. The switch fabric includes switch integrated circuits arranged in a number of stages. Multiple virtual switch planes may be implemented in the switch fabric. Data traffic received at the interfaces is selectively assigned to different ones of the virtual switch planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe LaCroute, Matthew A Tucker, John D Weisbloom, Anjan Venkatramani, Jayabharat Boddu, Stefan Dyckerhoff
  • Patent number: 8233496
    Abstract: A network device constructs a notification corresponding to a received multicast data unit, where the notification includes administrative data associated with the multicast data unit that does not include a payload of the multicast data unit. The network device replicates the notification at least three different processing elements at different locations in a processing path of the network device to produce multiple replicated data items and produces a copy of the multicast data unit for each of replicated notifications. The network device forwards each copy of the multicast data unit towards a multicast destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pradeep Sindhu, Debashis Basu, Pankaj Patel, Raymond Lim, Avanindra Godbole, Tatao Chuang, Chi-Chung K. Chen, Jeffrey G. Libby, Dennis Ferguson, Philippe Lacroute, Gerald Cheung
  • Patent number: 8059543
    Abstract: Ordering logic ensures that data items being processed by a number of parallel processing units are unloaded from the processing units in the original per-flow order that the data items were loaded into the parallel processing units. The ordering logic includes a pointer memory, a tail vector, and a head vector. Through these three elements, the ordering logic keeps track of a number of “virtual queues” corresponding to the data flows. A round robin arbiter unloads data items from the processing units only when a data item is at the head of its virtual queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis C. Ferguson, Philippe Lacroute, Chi-Chung Chen, Gerald Cheung, Tatao Chuang, Pankaj Patel, Viswesh Anathakrishnan
  • Patent number: 7870291
    Abstract: A switch fabric includes input links, output links, and at least one switching element. The input links are configured to receive data items that include destination addresses. At least some of the data items have different priority levels. The output links are configured to output the data items. Each of the output links is assigned multiple ones of the destination addresses. Each of the destination addresses corresponds to one of the priority levels. The switching element(s) is/are configured to receive the data items from the input links and send the data items to ones of the output links without regard to the priority levels of the data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Lacroute, Matthew A. Tucker