US Patent Issued to LUMINEX on May 20 for "Methods and probes for performing PCR with melt analysis for increased multiplexing" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,223, issued on May 20, was assigned to LUMINEX Corp. (Austin, Texas).

"Methods and probes for performing PCR with melt analysis for increased multiplexing" was invented by Doug Whitman (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for the detection and quantification of nucleic acids are provided. In certain embodiments, methods involve the use of cleavable probes capable of forming double-stranded structures, such as hairpin structures, which probes can be distinguished from one another on the basis of reporter signal, melt properties, or both."

The patent was filed on May 25, 2022, under Application No...