ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,702, issued on July 1, was assigned to BIO-RAD LABORATORIES INC. (Hercules, Calif.).

"Anionic exchange-hydrophobic mixed mode chromatography resin" was invented by Christopher Belisle (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Hong Chen (San Ramon, Calif.), Yueping Xu (Albany, Calif.), Jiali Liao (San Ramon, Calif.) and Xuemei He (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chromatography resins having anionic exchange-hydrophobic mixed mode ligands, that are useful for purifying target biomolecules using anionic exchange (i.e., where the ligand is positively charged) and hydrophobic mixed mode chromatography. The chromatography resins allow for...