US Patent Issued to ROCHE SEQUENCING SOLUTIONS, KAPA BIOSYSTEMS on March 31 for "Targeted depletion of non-target library molecules using poison primers during target capture of next-generation sequencing libraries" (South African, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,328, issued on March 31, was assigned to ROCHE SEQUENCING SOLUTIONS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.) and KAPA BIOSYSTEMS INC. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Targeted depletion of non-target library molecules using poison primers during target capture of next-generation sequencing libraries" was invented by Richard Dannebaum (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Brian Christopher Godwin (Livermore, Calif.), David L. Penkler (Fish Hoek, South Africa), Etienne Slabbert (Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Ruben van der Merwe (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to compositions, kits, and methods of target enrichment by ...