ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. RE50,636, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Accurate molecular barcoding" was invented by Eleen Shum (Redwood City, Calif.) and Glenn Fu (Dublin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with some embodiments herein, compositions and methods for accurate barcoding of nucleic acids are described. The compositions and methods can involve a plurality of unique oligonucleotide species comprising unique molecule barcodes. In some embodiments, the molecule barcodes can have a relatively low G content, and can exhibit reduced bias in amplification and analysis."
The patent was filed on...