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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2010
Applicants:

Richard P. Rava, Redwood City, CA (US);

Manjula Chinnappa, Foster City, CA (US);

David A. Comstock, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Gabrielle Heilek, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brian Kent Rhees, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Richard P. Rava, Redwood City, CA (US);

Manjula Chinnappa, Foster City, CA (US);

David A. Comstock, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Gabrielle Heilek, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brian Kent Rhees, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Verinata Health, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6809 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides methods for determining aneuploidy and/or fetal fraction in maternal samples comprising fetal and maternal cfDNA by massively parallel sequencing. The method comprises a novel protocol for preparing sequencing libraries that unexpectedly improves the quality of library DNA while expediting the process of analysis of samples for prenatal diagnoses.


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