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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Good Start Genetics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Porreca, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mark Umbarger, Brookline, MA (US);
Caleb Kennedy, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2563/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing nucleic acids to identify novel mutations associated with diseases. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve obtaining nucleic acid from a subject having a disease, identifying at least one mutation in the nucleic acid, and comparing the mutation to a database of mutations known to be associated with the disease, wherein mutations that do not match to the database are identified as novel mutations.