ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,754, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Reditus Laboratories LLC (Pekin, Ill.).

"Multiplex nucleic acid detection system" was invented by Joshua J. Geltz (Springfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for detecting more than one target nucleic acid sequence in a nucleic acid sample by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is provided. Also provided is a kit comprising the above composition with additional reagents for performing PCR using the plasmid, dye, primers and probes to detect the more than one target nucleic acid sequence. Additionally provided is a method for detecting more than one target nucleic acid sequence...