US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Dec. 16 for "Immunochromatography" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,304, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Immunochromatography" was invented by Yoshihiro Aburaya (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Naoyuki Nishikawa (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Junichi Katada (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Atsuhiko Wada (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Dai Ujihara (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An immunochromatography including steps of mixing an antigen-containable specimen and modified magnetic particles, which are magnetic particles modified with a substance having a specific affinity to the antigen; collecting the magnetic particles using magnetism; dissociating the modified magn...