ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,664, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BIOCARTIS NV (Mechelen, Belgium).
"Biomarker panel and methods for detecting microsatellite instability in cancers" was invented by Bram De Craene (Mechelen, Belgium), Klaas Decanniere (Mechelen, Belgium), Jan Van De Velde (Mechelen, Belgium) and Geert Maertens (Mechelen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to the field of cancer, in particular to cancers having microsatellite instability (MSI) and/or mismatch repair (MMR-) deficiency. Examples of such cancers include many colorectal, gastric, and endometrial tumors. Accordingly, the present invention ...