Patents by Inventor Thomas Willi

Thomas Willi 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: 20250129420
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 12209282
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20230096451
    Abstract: Techniques for remote disaggregated infrastructure processing units (IPUs) are described. An apparatus described herein includes an interconnect controller to receive a transaction layer packet (TLP) from a host compute node; identify a sender and a destination from the TLP; and provide, to a content addressable memory (CAM), a key determined from the sender and the destination. The apparatus as described herein can further include core circuitry communicably coupled to the interconnect controller, the core circuitry to determine an output of the CAM based on the key, the output comprising a network address of an infrastructure processing unit (IPU) assigned to the host compute node, wherein the IPU is disaggregated from the host compute node over a network; and send the TLP to the IPU using a transport protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Salma Johnson, Duane Galbi, Bradley Burres, Jose Niell, Jeongnim Kim, Reshma Lal, Anandhi Jayakumar, Mrittika Ganguli, Thomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20220127675
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20210310076
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized biomarkers in patients with autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine the disease state for a subject with an autoimmune disease or other condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 11021757
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 11001895
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized biomarkers in patients with autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine the disease state for a subject with an autoimmune disease or other condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10865453
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10760133
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10519511
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10385475
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of sequencing low-complexity amplicons randomly arrayed at high density on a surface. Methods of the invention include preparing amplicons for sequencing by a sets of primers that ensure initial signals front different amplicons on the surface will be evenly distributed among the different nucleotides being added in a sequencing by synthesis operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Jianbiao Zheng, Thomas Willis, Malek Faham
  • Publication number: 20190169698
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized biomarkers in patients with autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine the disease state for a subject with an autoimmune disease or other condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10266901
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized biomarkers in patients with autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine the disease state for a subject with an autoimmune disease or other condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10246752
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized biomarkers in patients with autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine the disease state for a subject with an autoimmune disease or other condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20190062848
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 10155992
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Thomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20180023143
    Abstract: There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Malek FAHAM, Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 9835332
    Abstract: A combustion chamber arrangement including an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from the outer wall and the outer wall supports the inner wall. The inner wall including at least one row of circumferentially arranged tiles. At least one tile in the at least one row of tiles having an L, or V, shaped downstream end and the downstream end of the tile in the row of tiles having a first portion extending from the downstream end of the tile towards and sealing with an inner surface of the outer wall and a second portion extending from the first portion in a downstream direction and away from the inner surface of the outer wall. The first portion of the downstream end of the tile having a plurality of apertures to supply coolant over an inner surface of the second portion of the downstream end of the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Lisa Jane Jopp, Nathan Thomas Willis
  • Patent number: 9523129
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods of generating sequence profiles of populations of nucleic acids, whose member nucleic acids contain regions of high variability, such as populations of nucleic acids encoding T cell receptors or B cell receptors. In one aspect, the invention provides pluralities of sets of primers for generating nested sets of templates from nucleic acids in such populations, thereby insuring the production of at least one template from which sequence reads are generated, despite such variability, or despite limited lengths or quality of sequence reads. In another aspect, members of such populations are bidirectionally sequenced so that further sequence information is obtained by analyzing overlapping sequence reads in the zones of highest variability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Martin Moorhead, Thomas Willis
  • Publication number: 20160355893
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of sequence tags to improve sequence determination of amplicons of related sequences, particularly large and complex amplicons, such as those comprising recombined nucleic acids encoding immune receptor molecules. In one aspect, sequence reads having the same sequence tags are aligned after which final base calls are determined from a (possibly weighted) average base call from sequence read base calls at each position. Similarly, in another aspect, sequence reads comprising series of incorporation signals are aligned by common sequence tags and base calls in homopolymer regions are made as a function incorporation signal values at each “flow” position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Malek Faham, Martin Moorhead, Thomas Willis, Jianbiao Zheng