US Patent Issued to Oxford Nanopore Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Method of characterizing a target ribonucleic acid (RNA) comprising forming a complementary polynucleotide which moves through a transmembrane pore" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,593, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Method of characterizing a target ribonucleic acid (RNA) comprising forming a complementary polynucleotide which moves through a transmembrane pore" was invented by Clive Gavin Brown (Cambridge, Great Britain), Daniel John Turner (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 a new method of characterising a target ribonucleic acid (RNA) involving forming a complementary polynucleotide. The method uses a transmembrane pore."

The patent was filed on Aug. 9, 2021, un...