ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,572, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON (Lyons, France), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (Villeurbanne, France), ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON (Lyons, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) (Paris).

"Method for detecting an infectious transmission in a population" was invented by Jean-Philippe Rasigade (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting an infectious transmission in a population is disclosed. For a plurality of infectious agent isolates, each associated with an individual o...