US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on Oct. 21 for "Antibiotic susceptibility of microorganisms and related methods and systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,655, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Antibiotic susceptibility of microorganisms and related methods and systems" was invented by Rustem F. Ismagilov (Altadena, Calif.), Nathan G. Schoepp (Burlingame, Calif.), Emily S. Savela (Pasadena, Calif.), Eric J. Liaw (Pasadena, Calif.), Alexander Winnett (Pasadena, Calif.) and Matthew M. Cooper (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an antibiotic susceptibility test and related compositions, methods and systems based on detection of a nucleic acid from a target microorganism in a sample in the presence or ...