US Patent Issued to MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITESI on Aug. 4 for "Biosensor and method for determination of viruses in coronavirus family" (Turkish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,093, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITESI (Mugla, Turkey).

"Biosensor and method for determination of viruses in coronavirus family" was invented by Ulku Anik (Mugla, Turkey) and Yudum Tepeli Buyuksunetci (Mugla, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a biosensor for determination of the presence of corona-virus are provided. The method includes qualitative or quantitative measurement of probable corona-virus presence by means of colorimetric and/or electrochemical transducer methods as a result of interaction of S-protein in patient samples by means of a biosensor including ACE2, DPP4 and CD14...