US Patent Issued to Oxford Nanopore Technologies on Aug. 25 for "Sample preparation method" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,096, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Sample preparation method" was invented by James Anthony Clarke (Oxford, Great Britain), Marion Louise Crawford (Oxford, Great Britain) and James White (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an improved method for characterising a template polynucleotide. The method involves using a polymerase to prepare a modified polynucleotide which makes it easier to characterise than the template polynucleotide."

The patent was filed on April 3, 2025, under Application No. 19/169,801.

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