US Patent Issued to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY on June 24 for "Functionalized magnetic particle compositions and related methods" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,276, issued on June 24, was assigned to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Functionalized magnetic particle compositions and related methods" was invented by Evangelyn C. Alocilja (East Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to functionalized magnetic particle compositions and related methods to extract biological target analytes such as bacteria from samples such as clinical, industrial, or environmental samples. The functionalized magnetic particles can be synthesized in a one-pot method and include a biomimetic binding pair member which permits non-specific binding ...