Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for “a Method For Sequence-Specific Detection Of Target Nucleic Acids, And Kit Thereof”

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521052096 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay on May 29, 2025, for “a Method For Sequence-Specific Detection Of Target Nucleic Acids, And Kit Thereof”.

Inventors include Kiran Rajanna Kondabagilu; Debjani Paul; Lad Shailesh Bhaskar Bhagyalaxmi; and Apoorva S Raman.

The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.

Abstract: A method for sequence-specific detection of target nucleic acids, and kit thereof is disclosed herein. The method, according to embodiments disclosed herein, includes a probe-polymerase system, wherein the polymerization dependent displacement activity of the mvPolX enzyme from Mimivirus is employed in conjunction with a specially designed detection probe. The method, according to the embodiments disclosed herein, provides a highly sensitive, specific, and rapid approach for the detection of target viral nucleic acids. Embodiments herein further disclose a kit for performing the disclosed method. FIG. 1

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