ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,634, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to BIO-RAD LABORATORIES INC. (Hercules, Calif.).

"Methods of cDNA preparation" was invented by Arkadiusz Bibillo (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Pranav Patel (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods and systems for amplifying and analyzing nucleic acid samples. The present disclosure provides methods for preparing cDNA and/or DNA molecules and cDNA and/or DNA libraries using modified reverse transcriptases."

The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/449,107.

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