ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,545, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to BIOCROSS S.L. (Boecillo-Valladolid, Spain), INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III (Madrid) and CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION BIOMEDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS (Madrid).

"Methods for apolipoprotein detection" was invented by Andres Rodriguez Martin (Mostoles, Spain), Miguel Calero Lara (Valdemorillo, Spain), Olga Calero Rueda (Alcorcon, Spain) and Luis Garcia Albert (Colmenarejo, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for the detection and quantification of apolipoproteins and isoforms thereof in a sample, as well as to predictive methods of the proba...