US Patent Issued to SYSMEX on Jan. 28 for "Method for detecting target substance, reagent for detecting target substance" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,014, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SYSMEX Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Method for detecting target substance, reagent for detecting target substance" was invented by Chikayuki Tsuruno (Kobe, Japan), Takuya Kyoutou (Kobe, Japan) and Tadashi Ishimoto (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for detecting a target substance, comprising: forming on a carrier a complex comprising Wisteria floribunda lectin (WFA) and a target substance by mixing the WFA immobilized on the carrier with the target substance comprising a sugar chain that binds to the WFA in the presence of an alcohol having 1 to 7 carbon atoms consistin...