US Patent Issued to Gen-Probe Prodesse on May 13 for "Compositions and methods for detecting gastrointestinal pathogen nucleic acid" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,511, issued on May 13, was assigned to Gen-Probe Prodesse Inc. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods for detecting gastrointestinal pathogen nucleic acid" was invented by Ejan Tyler (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are nucleic acid oligomers, including amplification oligomers, detection probes, and combinations thereof, for detection of one or more gastrointestinal pathogens selected from Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni, and Campylobacter coli. Also disclosed are methods of specific nucleic acid amplification and detection, including multiplex assays, using the disclosed oligomers, as well as co...