Patents
US 12404558 B2: Methods and assays for detection and subtyping of microbial pathogens
- Granted
- 2025-09-02
- Filed
- 2020-01-28 application 17426600
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods of detecting a biothreat agent in a sample, comprising detecting at least one biothreat-specific amplicon in the sample. The methods also encompass confirming the absence of the biothreat agent by detecting Near Neighbor specific amplicons to avoid false positive results.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250902.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Translational Genomics Research Institute 123 patents | US company or organization | Phoenix, AZ | Translational Genomics Research Institute State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY 111 patents | US company or organization | Flagstaff, AZ | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James M. Schupp | Flagstaff, AZ | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jason Sahl | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Paul Keim | Flagstaff, AZ | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David Engelthaler | Flagstaff, AZ | 32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David M. Wagner | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Viacheslav Fofanov | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C12Q | Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms ; compositions or test papers therefor; processes of preparing such compositions; condition-responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processes | C12Q1/689 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C12R | Indexing scheme associated with subclasses c12c - c12q, relating to microorganisms | C12R2001/07 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KEIM, PAUL signed 2020-02-28 | THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PHOENIX, AZ ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FLAGSTAFF, AZ | 57932/395 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-10-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FOFANOV, VIACHESLAV signed 2020-03-02 SAHL, JASON signed 2020-03-02 WAGNER, DAVID signed 2020-03-10 | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FLAGSTAFF, AZ | 57932/280 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-10-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ENGELTHALER, DAVID signed 2020-02-28 SCHUPP, JAMES signed 2020-02-28 | THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PHOENIX, AZ | 57932/69 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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