ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,260, issued on July 15, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo) and NATIONAL CANCER CENTER (Tokyo).

"Stomach cancer detection kit or device, and detection method" was invented by Satoko Kozono (Kamakura, Japan), Hitoshi Nobumasa (Kamakura, Japan), Satoshi Kondou (Kamakura, Japan), Hiroko Sudo (Kamakura, Japan), Junpei Kawauchi (Kamakura, Japan), Atsushi Ochiai (Kashiwa, Japan) and Motohiro Kojima (Kashiwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a kit or a device for the detection of stomach cancer and a method for detecting stomach cancer, and provides a kit or a device for the detection of stomach cancer, including ...