US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on July 15 for "Nucleic acid purification method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,189, issued on July 15, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Nucleic acid purification method" was invented by Hwayeon Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Changyub Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Il Chul Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Gyeonghwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yu Shin Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a nucleic acid purification method, specifically to a nucleic acid purification method which includes a first step of crystallizing the nucleic acid using a solution containing a hydrophilic organic solvent; and a second step of dry...