US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE on Feb. 10 for "Circulatory biomarkers for placental or fetal health" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,786, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, Australia).

"Circulatory biomarkers for placental or fetal health" was invented by Stephen Tong (Melbourne, Australia), Tu'uhevaha Joy Lino (Melbourne, Australia), Teresa Mary MacDonald (Melbourne, Australia) and Susan Philippa Walker (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are assays, protocols and reagents to facilitate clinical management of pregnancy with improved pre- and post-natal health outcomes for fetuses developing in an environment of placental insufficiency."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2019, under Application No. ...