ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,276, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Hybridization compositions and methods" was invented by Charles M. Hansen (Horsholm, Denmark), Steen Hauge Matthiesen (Hillerod, Denmark), Kenneth H. Petersen (Smorum, Denmark) and Tim Svenstrup Poulsen (Horsholm, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods and compositions for hybridizing at least one molecule to a target. The invention may, for example, eliminate the use of, or reduce the dependence on formamide in hybridization. Compositions for use in the invention include an aqueous composition comprising at least ...