US Patent Issued to Miltenyi Biotec on July 7 for "Method combining in situ target amplification and Spatial Unique Molecular Identifier (SUMI) identification using RT-PCR" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,202, issued on July 7, was assigned to Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).

"Method combining in situ target amplification and Spatial Unique Molecular Identifier (SUMI) identification using RT-PCR" was invented by Robert Pinard (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Andreas Bosio (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Thomas Rothmann (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) and Seiyu Hosono (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microscopy imaging that allows for multiple mRNAs, proteins and metabolites to be spatially resolved at a subcellular level provides valuable molecular information which is a crucial factor for u...