Copyright © Françoise Herrmann
23andme, a genetic testing companyco-founded by Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey and Paul Cusenza, offers state of the art DNA analysis for purposes of ancestry, or combination health and ancestry. Just return the 23andme kit with sample saliva, and 6 to 8 weeks later, much information will be waiting for you in your account at 23andme.
The number 23 in the company name refers to the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up each human cell, and which carry all the genetic information specific to each individual.
The technology used to perform the genetic analyses is patented. The following is an impressive list of some of the 23andme patented inventions.
US8187811B - 2012-05-29 - Polymorphisms associated with Parkinson's disease
US8428886 - 2013 – 04- 23 - Genotype calling
US8463554B2 - 2013-06-11 - Finding relatives in a database
WO2010024894A1 - 2010-03-04 - Processing data from genotyping chips
US8510057B1- 2013-08-13 - Summarizing an aggregate contribution to a characteristic for an individual
US8543339B2 - 2013-09-24 - Gamete donor selection based on genetic calculations
US8589437B1 - 2013-11-19 - De-identification and sharing of genetic data
US8645343 - 2014 – 04- 4 - Processing data from genotyping chips
US9213944B1 - 2015-12-15 - Trio-based phasing using a dynamic Bayesian
US8990250B1 - 2015-03-24 - Cohort selection with privacy protection
US9213947B1 - 2015-12-15 - Scalable pipeline for local ancestry inferenceS8463554B2
US9116882 – 2015 -08 - 25 - Identification of matrilineal or patrilineal relatives
US9213947 – 2015 – 12 - 15 - Scalable pipeline for local ancestry inference
US9218451 – 2015- 12- 5 - Processing data from genotyping chips
US9336177 – 2016-05-10 - Genome sharing
US9367800 – 2016-06-14 - Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference
US9367800 – 2016-06-14 - Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference
US9405818 - 2016 -08-02 - Cohort selection with privacy protection
USD785672 - 2017-05-02 - Display screen or portion thereof with icon
USD788123 - 2017-05-30 - Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface for conveying genetic information
And the following is a list of patent applications, pending.
US20170228498 - 2017 -08-10 - Finding relative in a database
US20160277408 - 2016 - 09-22 - Genome sharing
US20160171155 -2016-08-16 - Scalable pipeline for local ancestry inference
US20150227610 - 2015-08-13 - Cohort selection with privacy protection
Reference
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