US Patent Issued to ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS on July 14 for "Compositions and methods for detecting autoantibodies" (Ohio, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,016, issued on July 14, was assigned to ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS INC. (Raritan, N.J.).

"Compositions and methods for detecting autoantibodies" was invented by Yunsheng Li (Athens, Ohio), Paul D. Olivo (St. Louis) and Hannah Jaekyung Kim (Athens, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting thyroid hormone blocking immunoglobulin (TBI). The invention's methods are sensitive and specific for TBI, and may be used for the dual detection of both TBI and TSI. The invention's compositions and methods are useful for the diagnosis of diseases that are associated with the presence of TBI a...