US Patent Issued to INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES on Nov. 4 for "Oligonucleotide synthesis on solid support" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,968, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Skokie, Ill.).

"Oligonucleotide synthesis on solid support" was invented by An Ji (Coralville, Iowa), Michael Marvin (Coralville, Iowa), Kevin Marks (North Liberty, Iowa) and David Anderson (North Liberty, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Functionalized solid supports are useful in the synthesis of oligonucleotides. The functionalized solid supports contain an extended linker to a terminal functional group or a first nucleotide or nucleoside moiety. The extended linker permits oligonucleotide synthesis to take place at a greater distance from the solid support...