Patents by Inventor Thomas Naughton

Thomas Naughton 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: 20140156605
    Abstract: Processing genetic data includes receiving two or more genetic data sets for an individual from one or more genetic data sources, wherein the genetic data sets comprises data pertaining to the individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); merging the genetic data sets from the one or more genetic data sources to obtain a set of merged genetic data for the individual, including: identifying data in the genetic data sets that is conflicting, the identified data corresponding to a genetic marker associated with a variation that occurs at a region in the individual's genome; analyzing the identified data to resolve a discrepancy attributed to the identified conflicting data and automatically determine an appropriate value that corresponds to the genetic marker, the analysis and the determination being based at least in part on contextual information; and storing the appropriate value in the set of merged genetic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Wong, Oleksiy Khomenko, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Lawrence Hon
  • Patent number: 8645343
    Abstract: Processing genetic data is disclosed, including: receiving two or more genetic data sets for an individual from one or more genetic data sources; merging the genetic data sets from the one or more genetic data sources, including identifying a duplicate SNP between the genetic data sets and determining one or more data values to be stored for the duplicate SNP; and storing a single set of merged genetic data for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Wong, Oleksiy Khomenko, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Lawrence Hon
  • Publication number: 20130345988
    Abstract: Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a phenotypic characteristic for an individual includes: receiving information pertaining to the phenotypic characteristic of an individual; identifying, using one or more computer processors, a set of one or more markers associated with the phenotypic characteristic; obtaining a set of one or more marker measurements of the individual that corresponds to the set of one or more markers; obtaining a set of one or more statistical factors that measure associations between the set of one or more markers and the phenotypic characteristic; determining an aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic of the individual based at least in part on the retrieved set of one or more statistical factors; and outputting a display characteristic to be displayed that is associated with the aggregate contribution to the phenotypic characteristic for the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Andro Rene Hsu, Oleksiy Khomenko, John Michael Macpherson, Joanna Louise Mountain, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 8510057
    Abstract: Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a characteristic for an individual is disclosed, including determining the characteristic to be evaluated, identifying one or more markers associated with the characteristic, retrieving the measurement of the individual for each of the one or more markers from a database of individuals' markers, retrieving a statistical factor that measures the association between the marker associated with the characteristic and the characteristic for each of the one or more markers from the marker database, and determining the aggregate contribution based at least in part on the retrieved statistical factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Andro Rene Hsu, Oleksiy Khomenko, John Michael Macpherson, Joanna Louise Mountain, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 8463554
    Abstract: Determining relative relationship includes receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information of a first user and recombinable DNA information of a second user, determining, based at least in part on the recombinable DNA information of the first user and recombinable DNA information of the second user, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and the second user, and in the event that the expected degree of relationship between the first user and the second user at least meets the threshold, notifying at least the first user about a relative relationship with the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Patent number: 8428886
    Abstract: Determining a genetic sequence for a particular site on an individual's genome is disclosed, including: receiving a measurement associated with a particular sequence for the particular site on the individual's genome, receiving contextual information associated with a context of the individual within a larger collection of genetic information, and using the measurement associated with the particular sequence and the contextual information to compute an improved determination of the genetic sequence at the particular site on the individual's genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Wong, Oleksiy Khomenko, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Lawrence Hon
  • Publication number: 20100223281
    Abstract: Determining relative relationship includes receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information of a first user and recombinable DNA information of a second user, determining, based at least in part on the recombinable DNA information of the first user and recombinable DNA information of the second user, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and the second user, and in the event that the expected degree of relationship between the first user and the second user at least meets the threshold, notifying at least the first user about a relative relationship with the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: 23ANDME, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20100057807
    Abstract: Processing genetic data is disclosed, including: receiving two or more genetic data sets for an individual from one or more genetic data sources; merging the genetic data sets from the one or more genetic data sources, including identifying a duplicate SNP between the genetic data sets and determining one or more data values to be stored for the duplicate SNP; and storing a single set of merged genetic data for the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander Wong, Oleksiy Khomenko, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Lawrence Hon
  • Publication number: 20100057374
    Abstract: Determining a genetic sequence for a particular site on an individual's genome is disclosed, including: receiving a measurement associated with a particular sequence for the particular site on the individual's genome, receiving contextual information associated with a context of the individual within a larger collection of genetic information, and using the measurement associated with the particular sequence and the contextual information to compute an improved determination of the genetic sequence at the particular site on the individual's genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander Wong, Oleksiy Khomenko, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Lawrence Hon
  • Publication number: 20090118131
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genotypic information between relatives is disclosed, including receiving an indication that a first individual is a grandparent, receiving an indication that a second individual is a grandchild of the first individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual and calculating a similarity score, and displaying an indication of the similarity score graphically using colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20090119083
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication of the comparison of the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual graphically. A first graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are identical. A second graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are half identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Publication number: 20050089366
    Abstract: A clamp for use with a line burner, the clamp having an internal through-hole constructed and arranged to receive a line burner and having an external tapered surface. The tapered surface of the clamp is adapted to align or center the line burner within a hole in a unit for fire spread testing and is adapted to reduce gaps between the line burner and the hole so that flames emitted during fire spread testing from the hole are reduced or eliminated. The line burner may include an indicator constructed and arranged to assist in providing desired alignment of the gases out of the line burner during testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Naughton