ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,635, issued on May 27, was assigned to Zytovision GmbH (Bremerhaven, Germany).
"Method for detecting chromosomal abnormalities" was invented by Piere Marggraf-Rogalla (Stuhr, Germany) and Sven Hauke (Bremen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for identifying chromosomal abnormalities, particularly structural and/or numerical chromosomal abnormalities, and preferably structural chromosomal abnormalities, using insitu hybridization by detecting chromosomes and/or DNA regions in a biological sample, preferably in one or more cell(s) and/or in one or more cell nuclei."
The patent was filed on Aug. 1...