US Patent Issued to TDK on July 15 for "Anti-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine antibody or antibody fragment thereof, production method, kit, measuring method, and device for measurement" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,000, issued on July 15, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Anti-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine antibody or antibody fragment thereof, production method, kit, measuring method, and device for measurement" was invented by Takeshi Sakamoto (Tokyo), Hiroko Yanagisawa (Osaka, Japan), Toshiaki Maruyama (San Diego) and Shigeru C J Okumura (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-8-OHdG antibody and an antibody fragment thereof, with which 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in a specimen, particularly urine, can be accurately analyzed, and a measuring method capable of measuring 8-OHdG in a specimen, particularly urine, with high se...