US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on May 26 for "Compositions and methods for detection of oxidizable analytes" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,703, issued on May 26, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compositions and methods for detection of oxidizable analytes" was invented by Simon Sam Matoori (Cambridge, Mass.) and David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions that are suitable for use in analyte sensing in biological samples and in medical diagnostics. The compositions include an oxidase capable of oxidizing the analyte of interest to produce hydrogen peroxide, a peroxidase, and a chemical compound, such as a near-infrared fluorescent compound, that is a substrate for the perox...