US Patent Issued to THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY on Dec. 2 for "Ectopic pregnancy kits and methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,535, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Frederick, Md.).

"Ectopic pregnancy kits and methods" was invented by Nicole E. Ortogero (Kent, Wash.), Richard O. Burney (University Place, Wash.), Gregory E. Chow (University Place, Wash.), Jessica Lentscher (Lakewood, Wash.) and Zachary Colburn (Lakewood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure generally provides methods for early detection of ectopic pregnancy, and utilization of endometrial molecular signatures. This disclosure more specifically relates to gene sets that, in aggregate, reliably clas...