ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,613, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Mars Sciences Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Superparamagnetic particle imaging and its applications in quantitative multiplex stationary phase diagnostic assays" was invented by Ronald T. Laborde (San Diego), Yu Ge (San Diego) and Kevin N. Walda (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Superparamagnetic nanoparticle-based analytical method comprising providing a sample having analytes in a sample matrix, providing a point of care chip having analytical regions, each of which is a stationary phase having at least one or more sections, labeling each of the analytes with a superparamagnet...