US Patent Issued to Roche Sequencing Solutions on Aug. 4 for "Enhancement of nucleic acid polymerization by aromatic compounds" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,523, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Enhancement of nucleic acid polymerization by aromatic compounds" was invented by Jagadeeswaran Chandrasekar (Seattle), Drew Goodman (Seattle), Aaron Jacobs (Seattle), Mark Stamatios Kokoris (Bothell, Wash.), Lacey Merrill (Seattle), Melud Nabavi (Seattle), Dylan O'Connell (Seattle) and John Tabone (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compounds, methods and compositions for improving on nucleic acid polymerization, including DNA replication by in vitro primer extension to generate, for example, polymers for...