ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,201, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DNAE DIAGNOSTICS Ltd. (London).

"Methods for the multiplexed isothermal amplification of nucleic acid sequences" was invented by Toby Ost (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the isothermal amplification of nucleic acid molecules, optionally on a solid support. The method uses single stranded nucleic acids having hairpin regions at both the 3' and 5' ends, or the extension products thereof."

The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2020, under Application No. 17/632,705.

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