ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,131, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Assay methods" was invented by Anahit Aghvanyan (Gaithersburg, Md.), Eli N. Glezer (Del Mar, Calif.), John Kenten (Boyds, Md.), George Sigal (Rockville, Md.), Martin Stengelin (Gaithersburg, Md.) and David Routenberg (Gaithersburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to methods for improving assay specificity and performance in binding assays."

The patent was filed on July 21, 2022, under Application No. 17/813,965.

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