Methods for placing, accepting, and filling orders for products and services
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1. A method for providing assays to a consumer, comprising:
- providing a web-based user interface configured to receive an order for one or more assays designed for one or more nucleic acid targets;
manufacturing or causing to be manufactured one or more assays designed for said one or more nucleic acid targets, including performing pre-processing selection, designing probes and/or primers directed to one or more sequence regions of said one or more nucleic acid targets, and performing an in silico quality control operation, wherein said performing pre-processing selection comprises identifying sequence regions for the one or more nucleic acid targets that do not contain any single nucleotide polymorphisms and also do not contain any repeat sequences;
validating said manufactured one or more assays, including performing a quality control testing for one or more components of said manufactured one or more assays, the quality control testing being based on a measured synthesis yield; and
delivering or causing to be delivered to the consumer at least one assay including at least two designed primers in response to the order for said one or more assays from the consumer.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for ordering assays which detect SNPs or gene expression are provided. The methods use PCR and RT-PCR procedures. Collections of stock assays are assembled using pre- and post-manufacturing quality control procedures and made available to consumers via the Internet. In addition, custom assays are prepared upon order from the consumer and these assays are also prepared using pre- and post-manufacturing quality control procedures. The assays are then delivered to the consumer.
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1. A method for providing assays to a consumer, comprising:
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providing a web-based user interface configured to receive an order for one or more assays designed for one or more nucleic acid targets; manufacturing or causing to be manufactured one or more assays designed for said one or more nucleic acid targets, including performing pre-processing selection, designing probes and/or primers directed to one or more sequence regions of said one or more nucleic acid targets, and performing an in silico quality control operation, wherein said performing pre-processing selection comprises identifying sequence regions for the one or more nucleic acid targets that do not contain any single nucleotide polymorphisms and also do not contain any repeat sequences; validating said manufactured one or more assays, including performing a quality control testing for one or more components of said manufactured one or more assays, the quality control testing being based on a measured synthesis yield; and delivering or causing to be delivered to the consumer at least one assay including at least two designed primers in response to the order for said one or more assays from the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing assays to a consumer, comprising:
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providing a web-based user interface configured to receive an order for one or more custom and/or stock assays for one or more nucleic acid targets; manufacturing or causing to be manufactured one or more custom and/or stock assays for said one or more nucleic acid targets, including performing pre-processing selection, designing a probe and primers directed to one or more sequence regions of said one or more nucleic acid targets, and performing an in silico quality control operation; validating said manufactured one or more custom and/or stock assays, including performing a quality control testing for one or more components of said manufactured one or more custom and/or stock assays based on a measured synthesis yield and a quality control testing for one or more components of said manufactured one or more custom and/or stock assays based on a measured mass indicative of sequence accuracy; and delivering or causing to be delivered to the consumer at least one custom and/or stock assay including at least the designed probe and primers in response to the order for said one or more custom and/or stock assays from the consumer, wherein said probe and primers are designed in accordance with one or more criteria comprising at least avoiding inclusion of both single nucleotide polymorphisms and repeat sequences in probe and/or primer sequences. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for validating assays to be provided to a consumer, comprising:
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providing a web-based user interface configured to receive an order for one or more assays designed for one or more nucleic acid targets; manufacturing or causing to be manufactured one or more assays designed for said one or more nucleic acid targets, including performing pre-processing selection, designing probes and/or primers directed to one or more sequence regions of said one or more nucleic acid targets, and performing an in silico quality control operation, wherein said performing pre-processing selection comprises identifying sequence regions for the one or more nucleic acid targets that do not contain any single nucleotide polymorphisms and also do not contain any repeat sequences; and validating said manufactured one or more assays, including performing a quality control testing for one or more components of said manufactured one or more assays, the quality control testing being based on a measured synthesis yield. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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