ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,427, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Compositions and methods for assay measurements" was invented by Alexander K. Tucker-Schwartz (Bethesda, Md.) and George Sigal (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to novel compositions comprising an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) co-reactant. In embodiments, the composition further comprises an ionic component, a surfactant, or combination thereof. In embodiments, the ECL co-reactant is triethanolamine (TEA), tert-butyldiethanolamine (tBDEA), methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), 3-[Bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-propane-1-s...