US Patent Issued to Veracyte on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods of diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,763, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Veracyte Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Systems and methods of diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis" was invented by Giulia C. Kennedy (San Francisco), James Diggans (South San Francisco, Calif.), Jing Huang (South San Francisco, Calif.), Yoonha Choi (South San Francisco, Calif.), Su Yeon Kim (South San Francisco, Calif.), Daniel Pankratz (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Moraima Pagan (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods for sequencing and analysis of nucleic acids and determining that a subject is positive for a non-usual interstitial pneumonia ...