Patents by Inventor Richard D. Hockett

Richard D. Hockett 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).

  • Methods and Kits for Multiplex Hybridization Assays
    Publication number: 20080206779
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for genotyping interfering polymorphic loci in a target polynucleotide, such as a strand of genomic DNA, in a multiplex hybridization-based assay. The invention also provides nucleic acid standards for validating the performance of such hybridization-based assays. In one aspect, the method of the invention is carried out by providing for each interfering polymorphic locus one or more probes so that at least one probe is capable of forming a perfectly match duplex at the locus regardless of the characteristic sequence of an adjacent polymorphism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Affymetrix, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Miao, James Ireland, Paul Hardenbol, Thomas Matthew Daly, Dong-Jing Fu, Richard D. Hockett
  • Method and kits for multiplex hybridization assays
    Patent number: 7368242
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for genotyping interfering polymorphic loci in a target polynucleotide, such as a strand of genomic DNA, in a multiplex hybridization-based assay. The invention also provides nucleic acid standards for validating the performance of such hybridization-based assays. In one aspect, the method of the invention is carried out by providing for each interfering polymorphic locus one or more probes so that at least one probe is capable of forming a perfectly match duplex at the locus regardless of the characteristic sequence of an adjacent polymorphism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Miao, James Ireland, Paul Hardenbol, Thomas Matthew Daly, Dong-Jing Fu, Richard D. Hockett