ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,940, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Mass.), ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC. (Boston).

"Biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer" was invented by Joshua Labaer (Chandler, Ariz.), Karen Sue Anderson (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Garrick Wallstrom (Mesa, Ariz.), Sahar Sibani (Revere, Mass.) and Niroshan Ramachandran (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection."

The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/173,892.

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