ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,386, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"Antibodies to 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and D3 for detecting total 25-hydroxyvitamin D" was invented by Niver Panosian Sahakian (Encino, Calif.), Bruce A. Campbell (Calabasas, Calif.), Spencer Hsiang-Hsi Lin (Walnut Creek, Calif.), James Vincent Freeman (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Qimu Liao (Alhambra, Calif.) and Ramon A. Evangelista (Laguna Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are antigenic molecules that can be used to generate antibodies capable of binding to a vitamin D derivative, such as 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and/or 25-hydro...