ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,275, issued on June 24, was assigned to Meso Scale Technologies LLC (Rockville, Md.), Georgetown University (Washington) and The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Genetic marker and/or biomarkers for traumatic brain injury, and ultrasensitive assays for biomarkers of traumatic brain injury" was invented by Jeff Debad (Gaithersburg, Md.), Joshua Gatson (Arlington, Texas), Mark Burns (Cabin John, Md.) and Arianna Biesso (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to assays, methods, and kits to assess traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a subject. The present invention also...