Progenity, Inc. announced the award of another new patent related to its single-molecule detection assay platform under development. The USPTO has issued U.S. Patent No. 11,230,731 entitled, “Methods, Systems, and Compositions for Counting Nucleic Acid Molecules.” The issued claims are directed to detecting a labeled target molecule on a solid support.

The patent portfolio supporting Progenity's single-molecule detection platform includes six distinct patent families covering different aspects of the molecular counting platform and a separate family directed to detecting nucleosomal positioning patterns, such as assessment of cell-free DNA tissue-of-origin. These patents are part of Progenity's corporate patent estate consisting of 96 patent families, including 180 issued patents and more than 220 pending applications. The portfolio includes patents and applications directed to methods and devices for drug delivery, methods and devices for GI sampling and diagnostics, methods and compositions for treating disease, and molecular and protein tools, assays and diagnostics.