US Patent Issued to Illumina on Oct. 14 for "Major histocompatibility complex single nucleotide polymorphisms" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,040, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Illumina Inc. (San Diego).

"Major histocompatibility complex single nucleotide polymorphisms" was invented by David Charles Sayer (East Fremantle, Australia), Hayley Marianne Hogan (Maylands, Australia) and Karolina Mercoulia (Shenton Park, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Gamma genomic block in the central region of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that can be used for matching transplant donors and recipients and determining disease susceptibility."

The patent was filed on ...