ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,168, issued on March 24, 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 that the template polynucleotide."
The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2022, under Application No. 18/054,514.
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