US Patent Issued to JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, NISSHIN SEIFUN GROUP on Dec. 9 for "Allergen detection marker and allergen detection method using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,046, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES (Kawasaki, Japan) and NISSHIN SEIFUN GROUP INC. (Chiyoda-ku, Japan).

"Allergen detection marker and allergen detection method using same" was invented by Hiroshi Akiyama (Setagaya-ku, Japan), Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Kawasaki, Japan), Yusuke Seki (Fujimino, Japan) and Chisato Arimoto (Fujimino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A highly sensitive allergen measurement method is provided. A method for detecting an allergen in a sample, comprising: treating a sample with a protease; and detecting presence or absence of an ...