ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,458, issued on March 25, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).
"Compositions on plasma-treated surfaces" was invented by Byron J. Knight (San Diego) and David Opalsky (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit includes a vessel having a plasma-treated interior surface, solid composition adhered to the plasma-treated interior surface, and a reconstitution liquid. The solid composition has a mass ranging from about 600 micrograms to about 20 grams and is in the form of a lyophilized pellet adhered to the plasma-treated interior surface. The solid composition is macroscopic in three orthogonal dimensions, such that the solid...