US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on March 17 for "Aerosol biosensors and related aspects for pathogen detection" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,333, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Aerosol biosensors and related aspects for pathogen detection" was invented by Chao Wang (Ellicott City, Md.), Hongpeng Jia (Pikesville, Md.) and Mukund Madhav Goyal (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of detecting a pathogen, such as a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), in aerosol samples. Related devices, kits, systems, and computer program products are also provided."

The patent was filed on May 18, 2021, under Application No. 17/998,756.

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