ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,867, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ultima Genomics Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).
"RNA sequencing methods" was invented by Florian Oberstrass (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Gilad Almogy (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods for determining a sequence of a region of interest from an mRNA molecule. Sequenced polynucleotides can include a barcode region, a homopolymer region (e.g., a poly-A region), and a target region associated with the mRNA molecule. According to some methods, the barcode region omits the same base present in the homopolymer region. According to some methods, extension of the primer u...