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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Allison Ryan, Belmont, CA (US);

Styrmir Sigurjonsson, San Jose, CA (US);

Milena Banjevic, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

George Gemelos, Portland, OR (US);

Matthew Hill, Belmont, CA (US);

Johan Baner, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew Rabinowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Zachary Demko, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bernhard Zimmerman, Manteca, CA (US);

Assignee:

Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); G16B 10/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2013.01); G16B 10/00 (2019.02); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father.


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