ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,661, issued on April 15, was assigned to OILCROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE ACADAMY OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES (Hubei, China).

"Time-resolved fluorescence immunochromatography kit for simultaneous detection of mixed pollutant of aflatoxin and carbaryl, preparation method therefor, and application thereof" was invented by Peiwu Li (Hubei, China), Xiaoqian Tang (Hubei, China), Qi Zhang (Hubei, China) and Zhaowei Zhang (Hubei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A time-resolved fluorescence immunochromatography kit for the simultaneous detection of a mixed pollutant of aflatoxin and carbaryl, a preparation method therefor, and an appli...