ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,098, issued on May 20, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Methods and related aspects for analyzing exosomes" was invented by Shaopeng Wang (Chandler, Ariz.) and Pengfei Zhang (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of detecting exosomes, including unlabeled exosomes. In some embodiments, the methods include disposing a fluidic sample that comprises a plurality of exosomes in a chamber that is positioned at least partially within a fluidic device in which an inner surface of the chamber comprises a first set of exosome binding moieties ...