ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,434, issued on June 24, was assigned to BASE PAIR BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC. (Pearland, Texas).

"Methods and materials for discovery of functional ligands to molecular complexes" was invented by George W. Jackson (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to methods and materials for discovery of functional ligands, particularly to methods and materials for selecting for functional ligands to molecular complexes, and more particularly to methods and materials for selecting for functional ligands to molecular complexes with metal ions, such as coordination complexes with metal ions. For example, functional ligand...