Gradientech receives patent rights in China
The diagnostics company Gradientech reports having received a Notification to Grant Patent Rights in China for its QuickMIC® cassette, the single-use test device in the QuickMIC® diagnostic system for ultra-rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST).Gradientech announces that the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of P. R. China has recognised the originality of the QuickMIC® cassette construction to be used in automated systems for antibiotic susceptibility testing of microorganisms. The Chinese patent application is based on the International Publication Number WO 2020/204799