US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Iowa Research Foundation, Washington University on Jan. 27 for "Airway mucus scoring system" (California, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,095, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.), Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.), University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) and Washington University (St. Louis).

"Airway mucus scoring system" was invented by Eleanor Dunican (San Francisco), John Fahy (San Francisco), Brett Elicker (San Francisco), John Newell (Iowa City, Iowa), Scott Nagle (Madison, Wis.), Mark Schiebler (Madison, Wis.) and David Gierada (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, methods and systems for detecting mucus in the lungs of a subject. ...