ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,416, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sengenics Corporation Pte Ltd (Singapore) and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Identification of health status in the elderly using immunological biomarkers" was invented by Jonathan Michael Blackburn (Singapore), Arif Anwar (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Nurul H. Rutt (Singapore), Anis Larbi (Singapore), Olivier Nicolas Felix Cexus (Singapore), Bernett Lee (Singapore), Jesus Felix Bayta Valenzuela (Singapore), Christopher Monterola (Singapore) and Victor Tong (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the health status of an elderly individual by tes...