ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,672, issued on March 3, was assigned to KIKKOMAN Corp. (Chiba, Japan).

"Sampling method and kit for histamine measurement" was invented by Yuko Ichiyanagi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a convenient sampling method and kit for histamine measurement. The present invention provides a method and a kit which involve non-invasively sampling a specimen, and detecting histamine from the obtained sample."

The patent was filed on Aug. 20, 2019, under Application No. 17/269,100.

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