ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,378, issued on Dec. 16.

"Methods for spatial analysis of proteins and related kits" was invented by Mark S. Chee (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and compositions for spatial analysis of macromolecules (e.g., proteins, polypeptides, or peptides). In some embodiments, the methods are for analyzing a macromolecule or a plurality of macromolecules, (e.g., peptides, polypeptides, and proteins) including determining spatial information and sequencing the macromolecule. In some embodiments, the analysis employs barcoding and nucleic acid encoding of molecular recognition events, and/or detectable labels...