US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on April 21 for "Cell capture using DU-containing oligonucleotides" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,859, issued on April 21, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Cell capture using DU-containing oligonucleotides" was invented by Dennis Prosen (Foster City, Calif.) and Katherine Lazaruk (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for labeling nucleic acid targets. Some embodiments provide oligonucleotide barcodes comprising a cleavage region. The cleavage region can comprise one or more cleavage sites. In some embodiments, cleaving agents are capable of effectuating cleavage of a phosphodiester backbone of the cleavage region. Th...