US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Oct. 27 for "Method for isolating a target from a sample" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,006, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Method for isolating a target from a sample" was invented by David J. Beebe (Monona, Wis.) and Scott M. Berry (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for isolating a target from a sample are provided. The target is bound to solid phase substrate to form a target bound solid phase substrate. The device includes a first plate having a first region for receiving at least a portion of the sample. A second plate is spaced from the first plate by a distance and has a first region for receiving a reagent. A force attrac...