ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,570, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (Ultimo, Australia).

"Analyte quantitation" was invented by Dayong Jin (Ultimo, Australia) and Hao He (Ultimo, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for determining the quantity of an analyte in sample using lateral flow strips comprising highly-doped upconversion nanoparticles."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2019, under Application No. 17/279,576.

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