ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,419, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Methods for detecting binding of peptide-MHC monomers to T cells" was invented by Michael John Terry Stubbington (Pleasanton, Calif.), Luz Montesclaros (Pleasanton, Calif.), Katherine Pfeiffer (Oakland, Calif.), Sarah E. B. Taylor (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Alvaro Martinez Barrio (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Featured are devices, systems, and methods of use for detecting binding of polynucleotide-peptide conjugate-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) monomers to a T cell receptors (TCR) on a T cell, and the use of a peptide library...