US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Nov. 3 for "Chemiluminescent androstenedione conjugates" (Delaware, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,368, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Chemiluminescent androstenedione conjugates" was invented by Yi Feng Zheng (Wilmington, Del.), Lauren Parker (Elkton, Mass.), John Driscoll (Bear, Del.), Zhijian Zhao (Wilmington, Del.) and Patrick Donovan (Hopkinton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chemiluminescent androstenedione conjugates are disclosed. These chemiluminescent androstenedione conjugates may be used as chemiluminescent tracers in immunoassays for the quantification and identification of certain analytes."

The patent was filed on Feb. 23, 2018, under Application No. 1...