US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 8 for "Assay for trichomonas vaginalis by amplification and detection of trichomonas vaginalis AP65-1 gene" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,881, issued on July 8, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Assay for trichomonas vaginalis by amplification and detection of trichomonas vaginalis AP65-1 gene" was invented by Ray A. McMillian (Sparks Glencoe, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A region of the Trichomonas vaginalis AP65-1 gene has been identified which is useful for performing amplification assays to determine specifically whether T. vaginalis is present in the sample being tested. Oligonucleotides useful for performing thermal Strand Displacement Assay (tSDA) reactions on this gene are disclosed. The disclosed oligonucleotides can be use...