ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,601, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Multiplex Y-STR analysis" was invented by Christina Bormann Chung (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Julio Mulero (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Lori Hennessy (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel Y-STR multiplex analysis designs, primer design, allelic ladders, methods of use and kits are disclosed, including the use of primer sets designed to provide amplicons for at least 11 Y-STR loci having a base pair size of less than about 220 bp, as well as the use of primer sets designed to provide amplicons for at least 22 Y-STR loci including at least 5 rap...