ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,101, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).
"Compositions for detecting Candida species" was invented by Angela S. Hudson (San Diego), Damon K. Getman (Poway, Calif.), Alice Jiang (San Diego) and Barbara L. Eaton (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods utilizing specific amplification of Candida sp. target nucleic acid for detecting the presence or absence of Candida sp. in a sample. Also disclosed are corresponding oligomers, including amplification oligomers, capture probes and detection probes, and combinations thereof, as well as corresponding reaction mixtures and kits."
The paten...