US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on Nov. 3 for "Serological assay for detection of exposure to and infection by tick-borne pathogens" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,284, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York).

"Serological assay for detection of exposure to and infection by tick-borne pathogens" was invented by Rafal Tokarz (Queens Village, N.Y.), Walter Ian Lipkin (New York), Nischay Mishra (New York), Thomas Briese (White Plains, N.Y.) and Adrian Caciula (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for detecting the exposure to and infection by certain agent or pathogens. Specifically, the current invention allows for the rapid differential serological detection of exposu...