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US 12,632,204 · App. 19/027,366 · Granted May 19, 2026

Amplification data display method and device

Inventors: Kyung Hyun Min (Guri-si, KR); Gyeong Mo Gu (Goyang-si, KR)
Assignee: SEEGENE, INC.
G06F3/1407G06F3/0486
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Patent No.
US 12,632,204
App. No.
19/027,366
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An amplification data display method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying a plate display area and an integrated data display area; displaying, in the plate display area, plates where nucleic acid amplification reactions have been performed; and displaying amplification data in the integrated data display area, wherein: two or more plates are displayed in the plate display area; each of the plates includes a plurality of reaction wells; the amplification data are generated from the reaction wells by the nucleic acid amplification reactions; and amplification data for a plurality of reaction wells selected from the reaction wells of two or more of the displayed plates are displayed in the integrated data display area.

Claims (47)

1 . A method of displaying amplification data generated by nucleic acid amplification reactions, the method comprising:

displaying a plate display area and an integrated data display area, wherein the plate display area displays plates in which nucleic acid amplification reactions have been performed, and the integrated data display area displays amplification data, wherein the plate display area and the integrated data display area are simultaneously displayed on one screen;

displaying two or more different plates simultaneously in the plate display area, wherein each of the plates includes a plurality of reaction wells, and the amplification data are generated from the reaction wells by the nucleic acid amplification reactions,

receiving user inputs that select a reaction well of a first plate of the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area, and select a reaction well of a second plate of the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area; and

displaying the amplification data of the selected reaction wells of the first plate and the second plate in the integrated data display area,

wherein the integrated data display area comprises a first integrated data display area and a second integrated data display area,

wherein the first integrated data display area includes amplification curve lines corresponding to (i) the reaction well of the first plate and (ii) the reaction well of the second plate, and

the second integrated data display area include at least one from among a signal values, a positive/negative result, and a cycle threshold value corresponding to (i) the reaction well of the first plate and (ii) the reaction well of the second plate,

wherein the first integrated data display area and the second integrated data display area are simultaneously displayed.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the displaying of the amplification date, the amplification data of the plurality of selected reaction wells are displayed on at least one of a graph and a table.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user inputs comprise an operation of dragging and dropping a particular reaction well from the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area, to the integrated data display area.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the amplification data comprises:

displaying the amplification data of the plurality of reaction wells, in accordance with set selection criteria, on at least one of a graph and a table.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the amplification data comprises:

sorting the amplification data by a sorting method using identification information of the plurality of reaction wells; and

displaying a result of the sorting.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein images of the two or more different plates are displayed in the plate display area, and the plurality of reaction wells in the plates are displayed as icons or using texts indicating identification information regarding the plurality of reaction wells.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amplification data include at least one from among a set of cycle numbers and signal values, a signal value in a specific cycle, a positive/negative result, and a cycle threshold value.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plate display area includes an icon used to add a plate to be displayed, or the integrated data display area includes an icon used to add displaying of other amplification data.

9 . An apparatus for displaying amplification data generated by nucleic acid amplification reactions, the apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a display apparatus; and

a processor,

wherein the processor controls the display apparatus to display a plate display area and an integrated data display area on the display apparatus, wherein the plate display area displays plates in which nucleic acid amplification reactions have been performed, and the integrated data display area displays amplification data, wherein the plate display area and the integrated data display area are simultaneously displayed on one screen of the display apparatus;

the processor controls the display apparatus to display two or more different plates simultaneously in the plate display area on the display apparatus, wherein each of the plates includes a plurality of reaction wells, and the amplification data are generated from the reaction wells by the nucleic acid amplification reactions,

the processor receives user inputs that select of a reaction well of a first plate of the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area, and select a reaction well of a second plate of the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area; and

the processor controls the display apparatus to display the amplification data of the selected reaction wells of the first plate and the second plate in the integrated data display area, on the display apparatus,

wherein the integrated data display area comprises a first integrated data display area and a second integrated data display area,

wherein the first integrated data display area includes amplification curve lines corresponding to (i) the reaction well of the first plate and (ii) the reaction well of the second plate, and

the second integrated data display area include at least one from among a signal values, a positive/negative result, and a cycle threshold value corresponding to (i) the reaction well of the first plate and (ii) the reaction well of the second plate,

wherein the first integrated data display area and the second integrated data display area are simultaneously displayed.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor displays the amplification data of the plurality of selected reaction wells on at least one of a graph and a table.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the user inputs comprise an operation of dragging and dropping a particular reaction well from the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area, to the integrated data display area.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor controls the display apparatus to display the amplification data of the plurality of reaction wells, in accordance with set selection criteria, on at least one of a graph and a table.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor sorts the amplification data by a sorting method using identification information of the plurality of reaction wells, and display a result of the sorting.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein images of the two or more different plates are displayed in the plate display area, and the plurality of reaction wells in the plates are displayed as icons or using texts indicating identification information regarding the plurality of reaction wells.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the amplification data include at least one from among a set of cycle numbers and signal values, a signal value in a specific cycle, a positive/negative result, and a cycle threshold value.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the plate display area includes an icon used to add a plate to be displayed, or the integrated data display area includes an icon used to add displaying of other amplification data.

17 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer executable program, wherein the program comprises:

displaying a plate display area an integrated data display area, wherein the plate display area displays plates in which nucleic acid amplification reactions have been performed, and the integrated data display area displays amplification data, wherein the plate display area and the integrated data display area are simultaneously displayed on one screen;

displaying two or more different plates simultaneously in the plate display area, wherein each of the plates includes a plurality of reaction wells, and the amplification data are generated from the reaction wells by the nucleic acid amplification reactions,

receiving user inputs that select a first icon of a first reaction well of a first plate of the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area, and select a reaction well of a second plate of the two or more different plates simultaneously displayed in the plate display area; and

displaying the amplification data of the selected reaction wells of the first plate and the second plate in the integrated data display area,

wherein the integrated data display area comprises a first integrated data display area and a second integrated data display area,

wherein the first integrated data display area includes amplification curve lines corresponding to (i) the reaction well of the first plate and (ii) the reaction well of the second plate, and

the second integrated data display area include at least one from among a signal values, a positive/negative result, and a cycle threshold value corresponding to (i) the reaction well of the first plate and (ii) the reaction well of the second plate,

wherein the first integrated data display area and the second integrated data display area are simultaneously displayed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2025
From: MIN, KYUNG HYUN; GU, GYEONG MO
To: SEEGENE, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0125907 · Sep 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16651472
Related Publication 20250173105A1 · May 29, 2025
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