ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,512, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Label-free quantification of cell surface membrane protein binding kinetics in biological systems" was invented by Shaopeng Wang (Chandler, Ariz.) and Fenni Zhang (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a system and method for quantitative detection and analysis of molecular binding kinetics of a substance with surface membrane proteins of a biological object, such as a live cell, based on detecting and tracking membrane fluctuation amplitude changes caused by membrane displacement associ...