US Patent Issued to Promega on June 24 for "Sperm cell isolation and sperm-associated DNA purification" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,432, issued on June 24, was assigned to Promega Corp. (Madison, Wis.).

"Sperm cell isolation and sperm-associated DNA purification" was invented by Nicholas Alan Courtney (Madison, Wis.), Margaret Mary Ewing (Middleton, Wis.), Robert Stewart McLaren (Oregon, Wis.) and David Harrison Warshauer (Verona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods, reagents, and kits for the isolation of sperm cells from other cell types and the purification of sperm-associated DNA from a complex sample. In particular, methods, reagents, and kits are provided for the separation of intact sperm cells from epithelial cells via binding ...