US Patent Issued to GEN-PROBE on Jan. 13 for "Compositions and methods for capturing target nucleic acids" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,817, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods for capturing target nucleic acids" was invented by Marcela Alejandra Carvallo Pinto (San Diego) and Ankur H. Shah (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Capture mixtures and activated capture mixtures are provided that are useful for nucleic acid separation and purification are provided. The mixtures comprise lithium lauryl sulfate, lithium hydroxide, a zwitterionic sulfonic acid buffering agent, and optionally, proteinase K, capture probes comprising a first specific binding partner (SBP), and a second specific binding partner immobiliz...