ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,111, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ANDE Corp. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Multiplexed fuel analysis" was invented by Richard F. Selden (Lincoln, Mass.) and Rosemary Turingan Witkowski (Stoneham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions, testing chambers and methods for testing a fuel sample for microbial contamination (including fuels treated with a biocide) are provided, which comprise: a quantity of hydrocarbon fuel; a microbial contamination wherein the microbial contamination further comprises nucleic acid in the form of both DNA, RNA or a combination thereof, and an analyzing solution; wherein the analyzing solution compris...