US Patent Issued to SEKISUI MEDICAL, SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION "SAISEIKAI" IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION on July 8 for "Immunoassay method for free aim in biological sample, and method for detecting NASH in subject" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,766, issued on July 8, was assigned to SEKISUI MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION "SAISEIKAI" IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC. (Tokyo).

"Immunoassay method for free aim in biological sample, and method for detecting NASH in subject" was invented by Toru Miyazaki (Tokyo), Takeshi Okanoue (Suita, Japan), Tomohide Asai (Tokyo), Yuka Kanetsuki (Tokyo) and Jiro Hirota (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A problem to be solved is to further improve the specificity for free AIM of an antibody specifically reacting with free AIM and to diagnose NASH without imposing a burden on patients and medical staffs. The problem can...