ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,887, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Electrochemiluminescent labeled probes for use in immunoassay methods, methods using such and kits comprising same" was invented by John Kenten (Boyds, Md.), Mikayla Higgins (Gaithersburg, Md.) and George Sigal (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to assay methods and compounds and kits used in such assays."

The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/434,938.

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