ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,270, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SEEGENE INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for detecting a target analyte in a sample using an s-shaped function for a slope data set" was invented by Hyo Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Han Bit Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Jo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the detection of a target analyte in a sample using an S-shaped function for a slope data set. The method of the present invention comprises obtaining a first data set representing a growth curve by an amplification reaction for the target analyte; wherein said first data set include...