ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,505, issued on May 13, was assigned to Veracyte Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"Algorithms for disease diagnostics" was invented by Duncan H. Whitney (Boston) and Michael Elashoff (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for molecular profiling and diagnostics for genetic disorders and cancer, including but not limited to gene expression product markers associated with cancer or genetic disorders. In particular, the present invention provides algorithms and methods of classifying cancer, for example, thyroid cancer, methods of determining molecular profiles, a...