ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,442, issued on June 24, was assigned to LIV PROCESS INC. (Ardmore, Pa.).
"Aptamers against clostridium difficile" was invented by Ronald J. Shannon (Ardmore, Pa.), Michael McIntyre (Ardmore, Pa.), David Bunka (York, Great Britain) and Edward Barnes (York, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions comprising aptamers capable of specifically binding to a surface protein of Clostridium difficile spore are provided. A method for detecting, enriching, separating, and/or isolating Clostridium difficile spores is provided."
The patent was filed on April 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/228,994.
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