US Patent Issued to Phase Scientific International on June 3 for "Compositions and methods for ribonucleic acid extraction" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,909, issued on June 3, was assigned to Phase Scientific International Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Compositions and methods for ribonucleic acid extraction" was invented by Yin To Chiu (Hong Kong), Harsha Madan Kittur (Hong Kong), Cheuk Yiu Tenny Chung (Hong Kong) and Garrett Lee Mosley (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to the isolation, concentration and/or purification of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in aqueous two-phase phase systems. In some embodiments, the present invention provides sample preparation methods, compositions and kit components for the isolation, concentration and/or purification of RNA from fluid mi...