ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,655, issued on May 19, was assigned to IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (Westbrook, Maine).

"Methods and compositions for differentiating progressive chronic kidney disease from stable chronic kidney disease" was invented by Sarah Maier Peterson (Westbrook, Maine) and Yerramilli V.S.N. Murthy (Westbrook, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods and compositions for detection and differentiation of stable CKD and progressive CKD in mammals."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/160,000.

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