ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,644, issued on March 3, was assigned to Biocartis NV (Mechelen, Belgium).
"Nucleic acid purification chemistry" was invented by Max Haesendonckx (Mechelen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to the field of nucleic acid isolation on silica solid support. In particular, a novel silica-solid support nucleic acid binding buffer chemistry is hereby disclosed, which is based on the use of a small quaternary organic compounds, e.g. tetramethylammonium chloride (TMAC), at acidic conditions. This novel nucleic acid purification chemistry purifies not only RNA but also DNA and has the potential for ...