US Patent Issued to SomaLogic Operating on Dec. 16 for "Next-generation sequencing for protein measurement" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,365, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SomaLogic Operating Co. Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Next-generation sequencing for protein measurement" was invented by Dom Zichi (Boulder, Colo.), Allison Weiss (Boulder, Colo.), David Seghetti (Boulder, Colo.) and Kathryn Jenko (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tri-molecular complexes and related systems for quantifying the abundances of target molecules in a biological sample are provided. The disclosed tri-molecular complexes each include an aptamer, a first capture probe hybridized to a first portion of the aptamer, and a second capture probe hybridized to a second portion of the aptamer....