US Patent Issued to MaaT PHARMA, BIOASTER on Oct. 28 for "Method for detecting bacteria according to the gram signal thereof in a complex sample" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,285, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MaaT PHARMA (Lyons, France) and BIOASTER (Lyons, France).

"Method for detecting bacteria according to the gram signal thereof in a complex sample" was invented by Aurore Duquenoy (Lyons, France), Samuel Bellais (Lyons, France) and Vincent Thomas (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for detecting the proportion of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in a complex sample. The bacteria are detected according to the Gram signal thereof. The invention enables distinction between species of Gram-positive bacteria and species of Gram-negative bacteria in ...