ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,508, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to THE STATE OF ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER) (Rishon Lezion, Israel).

"Systems and methods for determining prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in a population" was invented by Sefi Vernick (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Roy Posmanik (Ramat David, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configured to determine the load in a liquid sample of predetermined antigens is provided. The system comprises a measurement chamber configured for receipt therein of the liquid sample, a sensor circuit, and an analysis unit. The sensor circuit compr...