US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University, Pioneer Hi-Bred International on May 20 for "Methods and related aspects for quantitative polymerase chain reaction to determine fractional abundance" (Maryland, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,242, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Methods and related aspects for quantitative polymerase chain reaction to determine fractional abundance" was invented by Tza-Huei Jeff Wang (Timonium, Md.), Alexander Y. Trick (Baltimore) and Xiaoyi Sopko (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of processing grain samples to detect the fractional abundance of transgenic traits. Related systems and computer program products are also provided."

The patent was filed on April 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/239...