US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Jan. 20 for "Biomarkers that indicate infection with Coccidioides" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,112, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Biomarkers that indicate infection with Coccidioides" was invented by Douglas F. Lake (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Thomas E. Grys (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Natalie M. Mitchell (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detecting at least one biomarker indicative of coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in a sample from a subject having or at risk for coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)."

The patent was filed on Feb. 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/175,2...