ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,333, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).
"Interactive test system and method for detecting an analyte" was invented by Rhys L. de Callier (San Marcos, Calif.), Richard L. Egan (Oceanside, Calif.), William J. Ferenczy (La Jolla, Calif.) and Michael Jon Hale (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprised of an apparatus and a test device is described. The test device and the apparatus are designed to interact to determine the presence or absence of an analyte of interest in a sample placed on the test device. The test device and apparatus interact to provide a timer feature ...