US Patent Issued to EMP BIOTECH on July 1 for "Separation and isolation of nucleic acids using affinity ligands bound to a solid surface" (German, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,633, issued on July 1, was assigned to EMP BIOTECH GMBH (Berlin).

"Separation and isolation of nucleic acids using affinity ligands bound to a solid surface" was invented by Alistair J. Hurst (Bunkeflostrand, Sweden), Derek W. K. Levison (Berlin) and Uwe Moeller (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of isolating and separating a target macromolecule, such DNA (double stranded or single stranded), RNA (double stranded or single stranded), messenger RNA, or other oligonucleotide or oligonucleoside, from a sample by binding the target macromolecule to an affinity ligand that is bound to a surface is disclosed. The method may be...