US Patent Issued to Abbott Diagnostics Scarborough on March 17 for "Methods for multiplexing recombinase polymerase amplification" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,563, issued on March 17, was assigned to Abbott Diagnostics Scarborough Inc. (Scarborough, Maine).

"Methods for multiplexing recombinase polymerase amplification" was invented by Olaf Piepenburg (Hertfordshire, Great Britain), Colin H. Williams (London) and Niall A. Armes (Essex, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides for methods and reagents for rapid multiplex RPA reactions and improved methods for detection of multiplex RPA reaction products. In addition, the disclosure provides new methods for eliminating carryover contamination between RPA processes."

The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2023, under ...