US Patent Issued to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Oct. 7 for "Method for high-sensitivity and high-specificity detection of biomolecules by using mass spectrometry" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,376, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method for high-sensitivity and high-specificity detection of biomolecules by using mass spectrometry" was invented by Tae Geol Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee-Kyung Na (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for high-sensitivity and high-specificity detection of biomolecules by using mass spectrometry and, more specifically, to a method for high-sensitivity and high-specificity detection of proteins such as miRNA or antigens by using time-of-flight secondary ion m...