ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,994, issued on April 15, was assigned to Clear Gene Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for the analysis of cancer biomarkers" was invented by Brandon Steelman (Redwood City, Calif.) and Julia Meyer (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are improved methods, compositions, and kits for analysis of minimal residual solid tumor."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2018, under Application No. 16/016,460.

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