IP Library Granted Patent US 9,170,992
Granted Patent B2
US 9,170,992 · App. 13/346,322 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Treatment determination and impact analysis

Inventors: Andrew Alexander Kenedy (Sugar Land, TX); Charles Anthony Eldering (Furlong, PA)
Assignee: Expanse Bioinformatics, Inc.
G06F17/27G06F17/30864G06Q40/00G06Q40/08G09B19/00
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Patent No.
US 9,170,992
App. No.
13/346,322
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, software, database and system for determining an optimal treatment for an illness in an individual and for determining the impact (e.g., side effects and intended benefits) of the treatment in the individual are presented in which an attribute profile of the individual containing genetic and non-genetic attributes is compared against a database containing combinations genetic and non-genetic attributes that are statistically associated with successful treatment of the illness in other individuals.

Claims (19)

1. A computer based method for determining a set of lifestyle modifications for an individual by identifying genetically referenced modifiable attributes associated with the individual, the method comprising:

a) receiving a query that is representative of a condition associated with a first individual;

b) accessing an attribute profile associated with the first individual, the attribute profile comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes;

c) accessing a database of attribute profiles of other individuals, the attribute profiles comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes;

d) identifying, by analysis of a subset of attribute profiles of other individuals having the condition and the attribute profile associated with the first individual, a combination of at least two pangenetic attributes and at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute, wherein the combination is statistically associated with the condition and is also found in the attribute profile associated with the first individual, and wherein removal of the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute from the combination results in a statistically significant altered probability of having the condition; and

e) transmitting the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute as a set of lifestyle modifications for the first individual, wherein the set of lifestyle modifications is ranked according to the greatest statistically significant altered probability of having the condition.

2. A computer based method for determining a set of lifestyle modifications for an individual by identifying genetically referenced modifiable attributes associated with the individual, the method comprising:

a) receiving a query that is representative of a condition associated with a first individual;

b) accessing an attribute profile associated with the first individual, the attribute profile comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes;

c) accessing a database of attribute profiles of other individuals, the attribute profiles comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes;

d) dividing the attribute profiles of other individuals into a first subset associated with the condition and a second subset not associated with the condition;

e) identifying a combination of at least two pangenetic attributes and at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute, wherein the combination is found within the attribute profile associated with the first individual and within a plurality of the first subset of attribute profiles associated with the condition, and wherein the at least two pangenetic attributes and not the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute are found within a plurality of the second subset of attribute profiles not associated with the condition; and

f) transmitting the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute as a set of lifestyle modifications for the first individual, wherein the set of lifestyle modifications is ranked according to the greatest statistically significant altered probability of having the condition.

3. A computer based method for determining a set of lifestyle modifications for an individual by identifying genetically referenced modifiable attributes associated with the individual, the method comprising:

a) receiving a query that is representative of a condition associated with a first individual;

b) accessing an attribute profile associated with the first individual, the attribute profile comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes;

c) accessing a database of attribute profiles of other individuals, the attribute profiles comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes;

d) identifying a combination of at least two pangenetic attributes and at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute, wherein the combination is statistically associated with the condition, and wherein the combination is found within the attribute profile associated with the first individual and within a plurality of attribute profiles of other individuals;

e) identifying the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute within the combination, wherein removal of the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute from the combination results in a statistically significant altered probability of having the condition; and f) transmitting the at least one modifiable non-pangenetic attribute as a set of lifestyle modifications for the first individual wherein the set of lifestyle modifications transmitted is ranked according to the greatest statistically significant altered probability of having the condition.

Assignments (9)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APP. NO. 63806415 TO 63806145 AND APPL NO. 17721779 TO 17731779 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 73168 FRAME 531. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 6, 2026
From: 23ANDME PGS LLC
To: 23ANDME GENOMICS LLC
Reel/Frame 074434/0334 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 22, 2025
From: 23ANDME PGS LLC
To: 23ANDME GENOMICS LLC
Reel/Frame 073168/0531 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2025
From: 23ANDME, INC.
To: 23ANDME PGS LLC
Reel/Frame 072562/0795 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058554 FRAME: 0021. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Jan 7, 2022
From: EXPANSE BIOINFORMATICS, INC.
To: 23ANDME, INC.
Reel/Frame 058982/0739 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: EXPANSE BIOINFORMATICS, INC.
To: 23ANDME, INC.
Reel/Frame 058554/0021 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS BY ASSIGNEE Recorded Apr 5, 2021
From: EXPANSE BIOINFORMATICS, INC.
To: EXPANSE BIOINFORMATICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 055823/0714 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 23, 2013
From: EXPANSE NETWORKS, INC.
To: EXPANSE BIOINFORMATICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 031289/0003 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: ELDERING, CHARLES A.
To: EXPANSE NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 027736/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: KENEDY, ANDREW A.
To: EXPANSE NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 027736/0631 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12048194 · Mar 13, 2008
Provisional Application 60895236 · Mar 16, 2007
Related Publication 20120110010A1 · May 3, 2012