US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Oct. 28 for "Devices and methods for minimizing hook effect interference in immunoassays" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,281, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Devices and methods for minimizing hook effect interference in immunoassays" was invented by Chris Zimmerle (Goshen, Ind.) and Gary Rheinheimer (Goshen, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of minimizing hook effect interference in an immunoassay are disclosed. Also disclosed are reagents, kits, and immunoassay devices that may be utilized in accordance with the method."

The patent was filed on July 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/813,204.

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