US Patent Issued to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on March 31 for "Compounds, compositions, and methods for improving assays" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,327, issued on March 31, was assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Compounds, compositions, and methods for improving assays" was invented by William Hampton Henley (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Elizabeth Ann Dethoff (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and John Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compounds, compositions, kits, systems, devices, and methods for improving an assay such as, for example, a multiplexed PCR assay (e.g., a multiplexed immuno-PCR assay). A solid support (e.g., a bead) may be provided according to some embodiments of the present invention. The soli...