Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Durfee

Timothy J. Durfee 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).

  • Systems and methods for identifying nucleotide sequence matches
    Patent number: 10930369
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically identify a set of read sequences in one or more larger nucleotide sequences within a set of comparing sequences as a template. The sequences of each set are divided into smaller mer sequences and sorted to arrange the mer sequences in order, and the sets of mers originating from the read sequence set and the comparing sequence set are compared pairwise to determine matching regions between the sequences of the read sequence set and the sequences of the comparing set. The sorting of the sequence sets prior to the pairwise comparison reduces the amount of volatile memory required to assemble the read sequence set and also reduces the overall time to identify matches of the read sequence set in one or more larger nucleotide sequence databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: DNASTAR, INC.
    Inventors: Frederick R. Blattner, Schuyler F. Baldwin, Timothy J. Durfee, Daniel A. Nash, Kenneth C. Dullea, Richard D. Nelson
  • System for assembling a derived nucleotide sequence
    Patent number: 9109861
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically assemble a set of read sequences into one or more larger nucleotide sequences using a set of comparing sequences as a template. The sequences of each set are divided into smaller mer sequences and sorted to arrange the mer sequences in order, and the sets of mers originating from the read sequence set and the comparing sequence set are compared pairwise to determine matching regions between the sequences of the read sequence set and the sequences of the comparing set. The sorting of the sequence sets prior to the pairwise comparison reduces the amount of volatile memory required to assemble the read sequence set and also reduces the overall time to assemble the read sequence set into one or more larger nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DNASTAR, INC.
    Inventors: Frederick R. Blattner, Schuyler F. Baldwin, Timothy J. Durfee, Daniel A. Nash, Kenneth C. Dullea, Richard D. Nelson
  • Plant genes that confer resistance to strains of Magnaporthe grisea having AVR CO39 cultivar specificity gene
    Publication number: 20040083501
    Abstract: Plant pathogen resistance gene (s) present in rice cultivar CO39 and other plant species is disclosed. The locus is referred to as Pi-CO39(t) and confers resistance to strains of the plant pathogen, Magnaporthe grisea (causal agent of rice blast and other plant diseases), having a corresponding AVR1 CO39 avirulence gene. Also disclosed are methods of using the resistance gene and its encoded products for improving resistance of plants to this pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Sally A. Leong, Rajinder S. Chauhan, Timothy J. Durfee, Mark L. Farman
  • Plant genes that confer resistance to strains of magnaporthe grisea having avri co39 cultivar specificity gene
    Publication number: 20040060081
    Abstract: A plant pathogen resistance gene present in rice cultivar CO39 and other plant species is disclosed. The gene is referred to as Pi-CO39(t) and confers resistance to strains of the plant pathogen, Magnaporthe grisea (causal agent of rice blast and other plant diseases), having a corresponding AVR1 CO39 avirulence gene. Also disclosed are methods of using the resistance gene and its encoded products for improving resistance of plants to this pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Sally A. Leong, Mark L. Farman, Rajinder S. Chauhan, Timothy J. Durfee