MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411074483 A) filed by Amity University Haryana; and Indian Council Of Medical Research, Manesar, Haryana, on Oct. 1, 2024, for 'a sensitive, specific, and rapid fluorscence-based assay to diagnose tuberculosis and method thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Saif Hameed; Zeeshan Fatima; and Ankush Kaushik.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention describes a sensitive, specific, and rapid fluorescence-based assay to diagnose tuberculosis and method thereof. In the present invention, we have developed a method based on t...