US Patent Issued to ABS GLOBAL on Dec. 16 for "Methods and systems for processing genetic samples to determine identity or detect contamination" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,648, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ABS GLOBAL INC. (Deforest, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for processing genetic samples to determine identity or detect contamination" was invented by Jennifer Dzelil (Waunakee, Wis.), Matthew Campbell (Waunakee, Wis.), Steve Rounsley (DeForest, Wis.) and Patrice Linel (DeForest, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for processing semen samples from straws for determining genetic identity, testing the purity of the sample, detecting errors or contamination, calculating an amount of contamination, and determining the identity of the contaminant. The methods herein can detect low...