US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech, IHU Mediterranee Infection on Aug. 4 for "Chemical susceptibility inspection method" (Japanese, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,519, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo) and IHU Mediterranee Infection (Marseilles Cedex, France).

"Chemical susceptibility inspection method" was invented by Shigeki Matsubara (Tokyo), Yuusuke Oominami (Tokyo), Kyoko Imai (Tokyo), Takashi Irie (Tokyo), Didier Raoult (Marseilles Cedex, France) and Jacques Bou Khalil (Marseilles Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of this invention is to provide an inspection method which enables us to judge a microbe's chemical susceptibility quickly, versatile and cheap.The inspection method of this invention's one aspect comprises a step for judgin...