US Patent Issued to Gen-Probe on June 30 for "Compositions and methods for detecting Group B Streptococcus nucleic acid" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,848, issued on June 30, was assigned to Gen-Probe Inc. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods for detecting Group B Streptococcus nucleic acid" was invented by Barbara L. Eaton (San Diego), Benjamin Grobarczyk (Saive, Belgium), Yves Ozog (Zonhoven, Belgium), Renaud Close (Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium) and Laurent Franzil (Flemalle, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are nucleic acid oligomers, including amplification oligomers and detection probes, for detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) nucleic acid. Also disclosed are methods of specific nucleic acid amplification and detection using the...