ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,526, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo).
"DNA detection method and device therefor" was invented by Junko Tanaka (Tokyo), Yoshinobu Kohara (Tokyo), Kunio Harada (Tokyo) and Yu Ishige (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention was made to provide novel methods for detecting DNA and devices therefor. Specifically, the present invention is a method of detecting DNA including the steps of: adding, to an oil, a fluorescently-labeled probe, a DNA intercalator, and a DNA solution containing a target DNA to produce droplets; performing PCR on the droplets; and measuring fluorescence from the fluorescently-...