ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,944, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Imperial College Innovations Ltd. (London).
"Method of detection" was invented by Gerald Larrouy-Maumus (London), Laurent Dortet (London) and Alain Filloux (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method for detecting the presence or absence of a bacterium resistant to a cyclic cationic polypeptide antibiotic, comprising: (a) subjecting a test sample to mass spectrometry analysis and generating a mass spectrum output; wherein said test sample comprises a bacterial membrane or a fragment thereof, wherein the fragment comprises a non-Lipid A component; (b) ide...