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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:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Ming LI, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Bin MA, Waterloo, CA;
John Tromp, Waterloo, CA;
BIOINFORMATICS SOLUTIONS INC., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An area of research in the field of bioinformatics deals with the identification of similarities within one, or between two DNA sequences. Current techniques are quite slow and many matches are missed. The invention provides a faster and more sensitive solution, by using 'optimized spaced seeds' to perform these biological sequence homology searches. Various techniques are shown for identifying seeds which are optimized to improve the sensitivity or speed of the searching. In the preferred embodiment, optimized spaced seeds are determined by the parameters of the search and independent of the actual databases being searched (for example, using the length and weight of the spaced seed, as well as the probability of a hit in a similar region). Thus, these optimized seeds can be stored in libraries which are accessed as required.
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