ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,916, issued on June 2, was assigned to Brentano Biotechnology Associates (San Jose, Calif.).
"Probe related reagents and methods" was invented by Kenneth A. Browne (Poway, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A versatile reagent with a non-nucleotide monomeric unit comprising an enantiomeric center and having a ligand, and first and second coupling groups that are linked to the non-nucleotide monomeric unit. Such a reagent permits preparation of versatile nucleotide/non-nucleotide polymers, having any desired sequence of nucleotide and non-nucleotide monomeric units, each of the latter of which bear a desired ligand. These polymers c...