ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,199, issued on March 11, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Nucleic acid elution" was invented by Andrew Francis Page (Wilmington, Del.) and Breck Olland Parker (Sanford, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to the storage on a solid matrix of genetic material, in particular DNA that has been purified prior to the application to the solid matrix. More specifically, the invention relates to a solid matrix for the storage of purified DNA, which matrix has been treated with a solution comprising plant polysaccharide inulin. One advantage of the invention is that an incre...