ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,599, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to VANADIS DIAGNOSTICS (Sollentuna, Sweden).

"Probe set for analyzing a DNA sample and method for using the same" was invented by Carl Oscar Fredrik Dahl (Sigtuna, Sweden), Olof John Ericsson (Uppsala, Sweden), Filip Karlsson (Solna, Sweden) and Fredrik Roos (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides, inter alia, a probe system probe system for analyzing a nucleic acid sample. In some embodiments, the probe system may comprise: a set of identifier oligonucleotides of sequence B, a set of splint oligonucleotides of formula X'-A'-B'-Z', wherein sequence A' is complementary to a...