US Patent Issued to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on Nov. 3 for "Nanopore biosensors for detection of proteins and nucleic acids" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,343, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium).

"Nanopore biosensors for detection of proteins and nucleic acids" was invented by Giovanni Maglia (Assen, Netherlands) and Mikhael Soskine (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are nanopore biosensors based on a modified cytolysin protein. The nanopore biosensors accommodate macromolecules including proteins and nucleic acids, and may additionally comprise ligands with selective binding properties."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/363,859.

*For further information, including images, chart...