ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,481, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy Of Fishery Sciences (Qingdao, China).

"Primer sets and multiplex detection methods for simultaneous qualitative and quantitative analysis of EHP, DIV1, IHHNV, WSSV, and VAHPND in crustaceans" was invented by Xuan Dong (Qingdao, China) and Haoyu Lou (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A primer set and a detection method for simultaneous qualitative and quantitative detection of EHP, DIV1, IHHNV, WSSV, and VAHPND, as well as their applications are provided, which belong to the technical field of pathogen detection. The specific...