ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,047, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC (Secaucus, N.J.).
"Methods for detecting Bordetella" was invented by Jules Chen (Irvine, Calif.) and Michelle Tabb (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods for determining whether a patient exhibiting pertussis-like symptoms will benefit from treatment, with therapeutic agents that inhibit Bordetella holmesii. These methods are based on detecting Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, and Bordetella holmesii in a biological sample by assaying for the presence of the IS481, IS 1001, and hIS1001 target rep...