ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,718, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SEQUENOM Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods and processes for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations" was invented by Sung K. Kim (Glendale, Calif.), Gregory Hannum (San Diego), Jennifer Geis (San Diego) and Cosmin Deciu (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods, processes, systems, machines and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations."

The patent was filed on March 20, 2020, under Application No. 16/825,877.

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