ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,710, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo).
"PCR measuring method and measurement device" was invented by Junko Tanaka (Tokyo), Takahide Yokoi (Tokyo), Masao Kamahori (Tokyo) and Yoshinobu Kohara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to provide new PCR measuring method and device. As one embodiment of the present invention, a DNA detection method for detecting DNA in a droplet being present in oil, the droplet containing the DNA and a fluorescent labeled probe, the fluorescent labeled probe being hybridized to the DNA, the method including: a first step of amplifying the DNA in the dr...