ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,613, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).
"Assays for fungal infection" was invented by Steven Park (Flushing, N.Y.), David S. Perlin (New York) and David W. Denning (Cheshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and kits are described for testing for the presence or absence of any fungus in a sample. Examples of fungi that can be detected include, but are not limited to, those belonging to the genera Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis. The methods include obtaining a sample suspected of containing fungal nucleic acid, including at least one universal ...