US Patent Issued to Gen-Probe on Sept. 15 for "Far-red dye probe formulations" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,737, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Gen-Probe Inc. (San Diego).

"Far-red dye probe formulations" was invented by Sheila Aubin Walker (San Diego), Mehrdad R. Majlessi (Escondido, Calif.), Jimmykim Pham (San Diego) and Joshua Bousquet (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are formulations, including both liquid and lyophilized formulations, comprising a far-red dye probe and a non-linear surfactant or foamban. Also disclosed are related methods for preparing a lyophilized far-red dye probe formulation as well as related kits and diagnostic products."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2022, under Application No. ...