MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411016536 A) filed by Indian Council Of Medical Research; and National Institute Of Pharmaceutical Education And Research, New Delhi, on March 7, 2024, for 'tubeless extraction of nucleic acid using biofunctionalized paper devices.'
Inventor(s) include Amit Asthana; Sowjanya Goli; and Vasundhra Bhandari.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A tubeless extraction of nucleic acid using biofunctionalized paper devices consisting of chitosan-coated paper from various biological sources. This proposed extraction kit is Whatman(R) qualitative filter paper (Grade 1, Thickness 205 m, Cytiva, India). The chitosan-coated paper device allows rapid equipment-free nucleic acid extraction. This simple chitosan-coated paper is easy to dispose off and can be performed by untrained users. This instrument-free chitosan-coated paper kit has great potential for future diagnostic applications. Due to several advantages as compared to conventional methods and commercial techniques, this chitosan-coated paper is of great value in collecting samples and extracting nucleic acid from any sample."
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