US Patent Issued to Roche Molecular Systems on Nov. 4 for "Compositions and methods for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,267, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium" was invented by Jody Harris (Lafayette, Calif.) and Kalyani Mangipudi (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the rapid detection of the presence or absence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) in a biological or non-biological sample are described. The methods can include performing an amplifying step, a hybridizing step, and a detecting step. Furthermore, primers, probes targeting the target MG gene, along with kits are provided that are designed for the detection...