ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,656, issued on May 19, was assigned to Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem (Szeged, Hungary).

"Method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease spectrum neurocognitive disorders from tear sample, and solution and diagnostic kit useful in the method" was invented by Zsolt Datki (Szeged, Hungary), Janos Kalman (Szeged, Hungary) and Magdolna Pakaski (Szeged, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an aqueous solution of AuCl3x2H2O or HAuCl4x4H2O, ZnCl2 or ZnSO4, and AgNO3 having an Au3+ concentration of 0.8 mM-1.6 mM, a Zn2+ concentration of 15 MuM-50 MuM, and an Ag+ concentration of 5 MuM-50 MuM. The invention extends to a kit comp...