Patents by Inventor Tod M. Klingler

Tod M. Klingler 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).

  • System and method for a precompiled database for biomolecular sequence information
    Patent number: 6223186
    Abstract: A computer system stores biomolecular data in a database in a memory. The biomolecular database has a set of entities. Each entity stores attributes for a plurality of entries. At least one attribute is stored in an array. Data associated with an entry is stored at a location in the array. An entity offset designates the location of the data in the array. The same entity offset value is used to access data associated with a particular entry for all attributes within the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe E. Rigault, Anne L. Curtis, Richard D. Goold, David A. Hadley, Harold H. Hibbert, Tod M. Klingler, Robert E. Lagace, Laura L. Stuve, Michael G. Walker, Michael P. Wood
  • Database system employing protein function hierarchies for viewing biomolecular sequence data
    Patent number: 6023659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a relational database system for storing biomolecular sequence information in a manner that allows sequences to be catalogued and searched according to one or more protein function hierarchies. The hierarchies allow searches for sequences based upon a protein's biological function or molecular function. Also disclosed is a mechanism for automatically grouping new sequences into protein function hierarchies. This mechanism uses descriptive information obtained from "external hits" which are matches of stored sequences against gene sequences stored in an external database such as GenBank. The descriptive information provided with the external database is evaluated according to a specific algorithm and used to automatically group the external hits (or the sequences associated with the hits) in the categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Seilhamer, Ingrid E. Akerblom, Christina M. Altus, Tod M. Klingler, Frank Russo, Janice Au-Young, Jennifer L. Hillman, Timothy J. Maslyn
  • Database and system for storing, comparing and displaying genomic information
    Patent number: 5966712
    Abstract: Disclosed is a relational database system for storing and manipulating biomolecular sequence information, the database including genomic libraries for a plurality of types of organisms, the libraries having multiple genomic sequences, at least some of which represent open reading frames located along a contiguous sequence on each the plurality of organisms' genomes, and a user interface capable of receiving a selection of two or more of the genomic libraries for comparison and displaying the results of the comparison. The system also provides a user interface capable of receiving a selection of one or more probe open reading frames for use in determining homologous matches between such probe open reading frame(s) and the open reading frames in the genomic libraries, and displaying the results of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Cathryn E. Sabatini, Joe Don Heath, Peter A. Covitz, Tod M. Klingler, Frank D. Russo, Stephanie F. Berry