ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,539, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to PHASE SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Hong Kong).

"Methods for isolating target analytes from urine samples using ATPS and magnetic beads" was invented by Cheuk Yiu Tenny Chung (Hong Kong), Vasu Saini (Hong Kong), Daniel William Bradbury (Hong Kong), Harsha Madan Kittur (Singapore), Masae Kobayashi Wen (Buena Park, Calif.), Cheuk Yin Lam (Hong Kong), Kar Kee Tse (Hong Kong), Kit Cheung (Hong Kong), Wing Yee Ng (Hong Kong), Yin To Chiu (Hong Kong) and Garrett Lee Mosley (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for concentrating an...