ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,532, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Aqtual Inc. (Orinda, Calif.).
"Methods for characterizing cell-free nucleic acid fragments" was invented by Diana Abdueva (Orinda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods and systems for various uses of cell-free nucleic acid (cfNA). Functional typing of cfNA fragmentation patterns may be utilized in the non-invasive detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of disease. One embodiment may determine a stage of cancer in a subject, the progression of cancer in a subject, or the responsiveness to treatment of a cancer in a subject. Another embodiment disclosed herein...