US Patent Issued to Exact Sciences, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on June 3 for "Detecting esophageal disorders" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,969, issued on June 3, was assigned to Exact Sciences Corp. (Madison, Wis.) and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Detecting esophageal disorders" was invented by David A. Ahlquist (Rochester, Minn.), William R. Taylor (Lake City, Minn.), John B. Kisiel (Rochester, Minn.), Douglas W. Mahoney (Elgin, Minn.), Tracy C. Yab (Rochester, Minn.), Graham P. Lidgard (Middleton, Wis.) and Hatim T. Allawi (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is technology for esophageal disorder screening and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting...