ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,887, issued on July 1, was assigned to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Assay systems for genetic analysis" was invented by Andrew Sparks (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Craig Struble (San Jose, Calif.), Eric Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Arnold Oliphant (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides assay systems and methods for detection of copy number variation at one or more loci and polymorphism detection at one or more loci in a mixed sample from an individual."

The patent was filed on April 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/711,769.

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