ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,249, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Protein analyte detection by analizing time-dependent signals from transient binding events of labeled low-affinity probes" was invented by Alexander Edmund Johnson-Buck (Brighton, Mass.), Nils Walter (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Muneesh Tewari (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is technology relating to the detection of analytes and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, systems, compositions, and kits for detecting analytes such as nucleic acids, proteins, small molecules, and other molecules using a ...