ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,042, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GENOMICTREE INC. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method for detecting methylation of SDC2 gene" was invented by Sungwhan An (Daejeon, South Korea) and Taejeong Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of detecting methylation of an SDC2 gene, a composition for detecting methylation of an SDC2 gene, and a kit comprising same and, more particularly, to: a method of detecting methylation of an SDC2 gene by using primers for specifically amplifying a methylated SDC2 gene and a probe capable of complementarily hybridizing with a methylated SDC2 gen...