Patents by Inventor Raymond Lauer

Raymond Lauer 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: 20070259337
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for designing polynucleotide primers and probes that are optimized for hybridizing to a plurality of target nucleic acid variants by employing scoring and/or ranking steps that provide a positive or negative preference or “weight” to certain nucleotides in a candidate nucleic acid sequence. The particular scoring or ranking steps performed depend upon the intended use for the primer and/or probe, the particular target sequence, and the number of variants of that target sequence. The methods of the invention provide optimal primer and probe sequences because they hybridize to more target nucleic acid variants than primers and probes in the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: James Hully, Gilead Kedem, Raymond Lauer
  • Publication number: 20050288941
    Abstract: In preferred embodiments, the present invention includes computer-implemented methods and computer systems for know-your-customer risk assessment that assemble a plurality of data elements descriptive of the risk characteristics of a designated customer, wherein at least one data element is descriptive or risk characteristics determined by a government, weigh a selected plurality of the assembled data elements relative to the risk indicated by the determined data element values, and combine the weighted data elements into one or more indices representative of the know-your-customer risk of the designated customer. The present invention also includes computer readable media with computer code for performing these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Dan DuBois, Kristin Hlavinka, Matt Matulewicz, Michael Caskin, Raymond Lauer