US Patent Issued to Roche Diagnostics Operations on July 8 for "Automatic sample workflow for LC-MS based HbA1c measurement on intact protein level" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,768, issued on July 8, was assigned to Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Automatic sample workflow for LC-MS based HbA1c measurement on intact protein level" was invented by Uwe Kobold (Weilheim, Germany), Andreas Leinenbach (Oberhausen, Germany), Indranil Mitra (Munchen Sud, Germany) and Holger Busskamp (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a method for determining intact glycated hemoglobin A (HbA1c) by mass spectrometry (MS), a kit and a diagnostic system adapted for performing the method."

The patent was filed on July 8, 2021, under Application No. 17/370,180.

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