ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,238, issued on May 20, was assigned to Veracyte Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Methods for treatment of thyroid cancer" was invented by Giulia C. Kennedy (San Francisco), Darya I. Chudova (San Jose, Calif.), Eric T. Wang (Milpitas, Calif.), Jonathan I. Wilde (Burlingame, Calif.), Bonnie H. Anderson (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Hui Wang (San Bruno, Calif.), Moraima Pagan (San Francisco) and Nusrat Rabbee (South San Francisco, 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 expres...