ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,808, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to DEFINITIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES LLC (Elkridge, Md.).
"Device and method for detecting nucleic acids in biological samples" was invented by Timothy Alcorn (Raleigh, N.C.), Steven Dietl (Raleigh, N.Y.), Robert Altavela (Webster, N.Y.), Michael Carlotta (Lilburn, Ga.), John C. Detter (Melbourne Beach, Fla.), Todd Haran (Bloomfield, N.Y.), Michael Murray (Bloomfield, N.Y.), Scott Rosebrough (Avon, N.Y.) and Jeffrey Serbicki (Holley, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for amplifying and detecting nucleic acids in a biological sample has a sample port for receiving a biological sample, a solid-s...