ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,736, issued on April 15, was assigned to Bolder Biotechnology Inc. (Boulder, Colo.), Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis) and The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Hematopoietic growth factor proteins and analogs thereof and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors for treatment of radiation exposure" was invented by George N. Cox (Louisville, Colo.), Christie M. Orschell (Indianapolis), Meetha Manek Medhora (Brookfield, Wis.) and Brian Fish (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions comprising hematopoietic growth factor proteins and/or protein analogs thereof and/...