US Patent Issued to Roche Molecular Systems on Sept. 29 for "Compositions and methods for detection of malaria" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,479, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for detection of malaria" was invented by Sharon Ho-Chen Chiu (Pleasanton, Calif.), Yvonne Gicheru (Mountain House, Calif.), Marintha Heil (Danville, Calif.), Michael K. Lee (San Ramon, Calif.), Chitra Manohar (San Ramon, Calif.), Rochak Mehta (Fremont, Calif.), Ellen Ordinario (Oakland, Calif.), Jaya Rajamani (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Jingtao Sun (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the rapid detection of the presence or absence of Malaria parasites (including Plasmodium) in a biological or n...