US Patent Issued to Quest Diagnostics Investments on April 21 for "Mass spectrometry of steroidal compounds in multiplex samples" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,640, issued on April 21, was assigned to Quest Diagnostics Investments Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Mass spectrometry of steroidal compounds in multiplex samples" was invented by Brett Holmquist (West Hills, Calif.) and Nigel J. Clarke (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the quantitative measurement of steroidal compounds by mass spectrometry. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for quantitative measurement of steroidal compounds from multiple samples by mass spectrometry."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/364,356.

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