US Patent Issued to Brigham Young University on Sept. 23 for "Composition, method, and system for a rapid, real-time pentaplex PCR assay for major beta-lactamase genes" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,561, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

"Composition, method, and system for a rapid, real-time pentaplex PCR assay for major beta-lactamase genes" was invented by Richard A. Robison (Provo, Utah) and Taalin Hoj (Provo, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are a composition, system, and kit for the real-time pentaplex amplification and detection of DNA from at least one of beta-lactamase genes Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC); New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM); cefotaximase-Munich (CTX); cephamycin AmpC beta-lactamase (CMY); and oxacillinase-48 (OXA-48)."

The pat...