US Patent Issued to Ultima Genomics on Oct. 6 for "Methods for preparing a library of polynucleotide molecules" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,405, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Ultima Genomics Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Methods for preparing a library of polynucleotide molecules" was invented by Florian Oberstrass (Mento Park, Calif.) and Daniel Mazur (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for generating a library of different polynucleotide molecules, by ligating a double-stranded polynucleotide to a plurality of different target polynucleotide duplexes, the double-stranded polynucleotide comprising: (a) a first strand comprising an annealed portion and an overhang portion; and (b) a second strand consisting essentially of an ...