US Patent Issued to AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Dec. 16 for "Diagnostic method for systemic lupus erythematosus using SMYD3 autoantibody" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,369, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Diagnostic method for systemic lupus erythematosus using SMYD3 autoantibody" was invented by Chang Hee Suh (Seoul, South Korea), Ho Chul Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ju Yang Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wook Young Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jee Min Chung (Taean-gun, South Korea) and Sangwon Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of diagnosing systemic lupus erythematosus using an antigen protein that binds specifically to an SMYD3 autoantibody present in body fluid of a patien...