ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,748, issued on March 18, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo) and NATIONAL CANCER CENTER (Tokyo).

"Kit, device and method for detecting prostate cancer" was invented by Makiko Yoshimoto (Kamakura, Japan), Hiroko Sudo (Kamakura, Japan), Atsuko Miyano (Kamakura, Japan), Satoko Kozono (Kamakura, Japan), Takahiro Ochiya (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Fujimoto (Tokyo), Fumihiko Urabe (Tokyo) and Juntaro Matsuzaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a kit or device for detection of prostate cancer and a method for detecting prostate cancer. This invention provides a kit or device for detection of prostate cancer comp...