US Patent Issued to Gen-Probe on July 15 for "Compositions and methods for amplifying, detecting or quantifying human polyomavirus BK virus" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,267, issued on July 15, was assigned to Gen-Probe Inc. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods for amplifying, detecting or quantifying human polyomavirus BK virus" was invented by Ankur Shah (San Diego) and Meghna Yadav (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oligomer nucleotides, compositions, methods, kits, and uses are provided for detecting or quantifying a human polyomavirus BK virus (BKV) nucleic acid, e.g., using nucleic acid amplification and hybridization assays."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2024, under Application No. 18/749,700.

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