US Patent Issued to ABBOTT JAPAN on Sept. 23 for "Methods for reducing noise in signal-generating digital assays" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,429, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ABBOTT JAPAN LLC (Tokyo).

"Methods for reducing noise in signal-generating digital assays" was invented by Atsuko Futase (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of reducing background noise in signal-generating digital assays, such as fluorescent digital immunoassays, using a colorant are disclosed. The methods utilize a binding member that specifically binds to an analyte in a biological sample. The binding member is conjugated to a signal generating compound, e.g., an enzyme, which is dissociated from the binding member. A colorant is added with a signal generating substrate, e.g., a ...