US Patent Issued to Bruker Daltonics on Oct. 7 for "Mass spectrometric measurement of Beta-lactamase resistances" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,352, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. KG (Bremen, Germany).

"Mass spectrometric measurement of Beta-lactamase resistances" was invented by Markus Kostrzewa (Lilienthal, Germany), Karsten Michelmann (Bremen, Germany) and Katrin Sparbier (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the determination of resistances of microorganisms which produce Beta-lactamases, in particular "extended spectrum Beta-lactamases" (ESBL). The invention provides a method whereby the microbial resistance can be measured very simply and quickly by means of the catalytic effect of the microbially produce...