ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,458, issued on May 26, was assigned to ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE PARIS (Paris), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris), UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE (Reims, France) and UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE (Paris).

"SERS method for analyzing a viscous biofluid" was invented by Francois Rannou (Paris), Amanda Robinson (Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France), Didier Borderie (Paris), Francois Etienne (Rouen, France), Cyril Gobinet (Athies-sous-Laon, France), Christelle Nguyen (Paris), Claire Mangeney (Villejuif, France) and Olivier Piot (Cormontreuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent...