ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,518, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BIOMERIEUX SA (Marcy-l'Etoile, France).

"Process of directly detecting and identifying a microorganism in a biological sample diluted in an enrichment broth" was invented by Vincent Atrache (Caluire, France), Bruno Colin (Marcy l'Etoile, France), Aurelie Lafay (Saint Laurent de Vaux, France), Bouchra Makrouf (Lyons, France), Pascal Montes (Sainte Consorce, France), David Mosticone (Saint Consorce, France), Jean-Claude Raymond (Bessenay, France), Thierry Sofia (Marcy, France) and Antoine Vimont (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of detecting at least one microorganism present ...