ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,116, issued on July 15, was assigned to Academy of Military Medical Sciences (Beijing).

"Rapid detection method for abrin toxin" was invented by Wenwen Xin (Beijing), Lin Kang (Beijing), Jiaxin Li (Beijing), Tingting Liu (Beijing), Lina Dong (Beijing), Shan Gao (Beijing) and Jinglin Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid detection method for abrin toxin is provided. The rapid detection method for abrin toxin includes the following steps: reacting an oligonucleotide chain substrate labeled with a fluorescent group and a quenching group, a buffer solution, a BSA solution, a to-be-detected sample and sterile water, incubat...