ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,256, issued on Nov. 4.
"Nucleotide analogs for efficient DNA and RNA amplification" was invented by Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Fla.), Zunyi Yang (Gainesville, Fla.) and Myong Jung Kim (Gainesville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention covers processes that amplify multiple DNA and RNA targets, solving the "multiplexed PCR problem", as well as supporting isothermal amplification and delivering other capabilities in multiplexed molecular analysis. It uses inventive DNA analogs."
The patent was filed on April 24, 2025, under Application No. 19/188,704.
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