IP Library Granted Patent US 12,540,940
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US 12,540,940 · App. 18/173,892 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer

Inventors: Joshua Labaer (Chandler, AZ); Karen Sue Anderson (Chestnut Hill, MA); Garrick Wallstrom (Mesa, AZ); Sahar Sibani (Revere, MA); Niroshan Ramachandran (San Marcos, CA)
Assignees: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE; ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS; DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
G01N33/57415C07K14/47C07K17/00C12Q1/6886C40B40/10C12Q2600/158C12Y301/27004
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Patent No.
US 12,540,940
App. No.
18/173,892
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection.

Claims (8)

1 . A polynucleotide array comprising:

(a) a support; and

(b) at least 2 different isolated nucleic acids encoding polypeptides selected

from the group consisting of ATP6AP1 (SEQ ID NO: 14), PDCD6IP (SEQ ID NO: 22), DBT (SEQ ID NO: 26), CSNKIE (SEQ ID NO: 10), FRS3 (SEQ ID NO: 4), HOXD1 (SEQ ID NO: 8), SF3A1 (SEQ ID NO: 2), C15orf48 (SEQ ID NO: 36), MYOZ2 (SEQ ID NO: 34), BAT4 (SEQ ID NO: 6), BMX (SEQ ID NO: 46), RAB5A (SEQ ID NO: 24), UBAP1 (SEQ ID NO: 48), GPR157 (SEQ ID NO: 44), ZMYM6 (SEQ ID NO: 42), SLC33A1 (SEQ ID NO: 12), TRIM32 (SEQ ID NO: 38), ALG10 (SEQ ID NO: 28), TFCP2 (SEQ ID NO: 50), SERPINH1 (SEQ ID NO: 52), SELL (SEQ ID NO: 56), ZNF510 (SEQ ID NO: 54), or antigenic fragments thereof, attached to the support wherein the array comprise no more than 100 different isolated nucleic acids;

wherein the polynucleotide array is a Nucleic Acid Protein Programmable Array.

2 . The polynucleotide array of claim 1 , wherein at least 1 of the at least 2 different isolated nucleic acids encodes ATP6AP1 (SEQ ID NO: 14), or an antigenic fragment thereof.

3 . The polynucleotide array of claim 1 , wherein the array comprise no more than 50 different isolated nucleic acids.

4 . The polynucleotide array of claim 1 , wherein the array comprise no more than 25 different isolated nucleic acids.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: LABAER, JOSHUA; SIBANI, SAHAR; RAMACHANDRAN, NIROSHAN
To: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
Reel/Frame 072600/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: ANDERSON, KAREN
To: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
Reel/Frame 072600/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: WALLSTROM, GARRICK
To: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Continuity (5)
Division 17015702 · Sep 9, 2020
Division 15818975 · Nov 21, 2017
Continuation 13809695
Provisional Application 61373359 · Aug 13, 2010
Related Publication 20230243829A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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