US Patent Issued to Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam on May 26 for "Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat markers for typing male individuals" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,721, issued on May 26, was assigned to Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

"Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat markers for typing male individuals" was invented by Manfred Heinz Kayser (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Arwin Ferdinand Ralf (Dordrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a group of Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat (Y-STR) markers comprising at least one rapidly mutating (RM) Y-STR marker selected from the group consisting of DYF1000, DYF1001, DYF1002, DYR88, DYS685, DYS688, DYS712, DYS1003, DYS1007, DYS1010 and DYS1012. The invention further relates to a set ...