ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,302, issued on May 13, was assigned to COVYDX INC. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for rheumatoid arthritis biomarker detection" was invented by Srinivasa R. Nagalla (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Charles T. Roberts (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide for devices and methods of use for detecting one or more biomarkers of rheumatic disease in a subject. In an example, a method includes detecting citrullinated human serum albumin (HSA) in a biological sample via obtaining the biological sample from a subject, applying the biological sample to a lateral flow device under conditions sufficient for formation ...