US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech on July 7 for "Adapter molecule, biomolecule-adapter molecule complex in which said adapter molecule and biomolecule are bound, biomolecule analysis apparatus, and biomolecule analysis method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,192, issued on July 7, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Adapter molecule, biomolecule-adapter molecule complex in which said adapter molecule and biomolecule are bound, biomolecule analysis apparatus, and biomolecule analysis method" was invented by Michiru Fujioka (Tokyo), Yusuke Goto (Tokyo) and Rena Akahori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-stranded DNA to be analyzed is analyzed without subjecting it to a modification treatment. An adapter molecule to be bound to the double-stranded DNA to be analyzed has a double-stranded nucleic acid region having base sequences complementary to each other, a pair o...