ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,147, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Coronavirus detection method" was invented by Yu-Lin Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Akhil Kavanal Paulose (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coronavirus detection method which is suitable for a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) detection. The method includes the following steps. A field-effect transistor-based biosensor (BioFET) platform is provided, wherein the BioFET platform includes a BioFET and a sensor card. The sensor card is detachably connected to the BioFET, wherein the sensor card includes a plurality of senso...