US Patent Issued to OXFORD BIODYNAMICS on July 28 for "Chromosome conformation markers of autism spectrum disorder" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,543, issued on July 28, was assigned to OXFORD BIODYNAMICS PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Chromosome conformation markers of autism spectrum disorder" was invented by Aroul Selvam Ramadass (Oxford, Great Britain), Ewan Hunter (Oxford, Great Britain) and Alexandre Akoulitchev (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and methods for analysing chromosome regions and interactions relating to prognosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder are provided herein. The processes detect the presence or absence of specific chromosomal conformations in subjects at risk for autism spectrum disorder."

The patent was filed on Sept. 10, ...