ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,516, issued on July 29, was assigned to IVD VISION LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for lateral flow analyte assays" was invented by William Patrick Coffey (Carlsbad, Calif.), Gregory Reneff (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Ezra John Spencer (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the present invention to provide improved lateral flow test devices that can provide sensitive and accurate quantitative test results, and methods for the manufacture thereof."

The patent was filed on Nov. 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/778,332.

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