US Patent Issued to Illumina Cambridge on March 31 for "Methods for indexing samples and sequencing multiple polynucleotide templates" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,330, issued on March 31, was assigned to Illumina Cambridge Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Methods for indexing samples and sequencing multiple polynucleotide templates" was invented by Helen Bignell (Cambridge, Great Britain), Louise Fraser (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Niall Anthony Gormley (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods for indexing samples during the sequencing of polynucleotide templates, resulting in the attachment of tags specific to the source of each nucleic acid sample such that after a sequencing run, both the source and sequence of each polynucleotide can be determined....