US Patent Issued to Oxford Nanopore Technologies on May 26 for "Nanopore assemblies and uses thereof" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,452, issued on May 26, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Nanopore assemblies and uses thereof" was invented by Farzin Haque (Long Island City, N.Y.) and Shaoying Wang (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a nanopore system assembled with non-membrane proteins for detecting analytes. Also disclosed are the methods, kits, and detection devices employing the disclosed nanopore system. The nanopore system has a wide variety of applications, including single molecule detection, DNA/RNA/peptide sequencing, sensing of chemicals, biological reagents, and polymers, and...