ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,660, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to C3S2 GMBH (Munich).

"Methods for selection and stimulation of cells and apparatus for same" was invented by Lothar Germeroth (Munich), Christian Stemberger (Munich), Mateusz Pawel Poltorak (Munich) and Thomas Schmidt (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods for selecting and stimulating a plurality of cells in a sample of cells using column chromatography, and collecting the cells without using additional steps or reagents to facilitate detachment of the cells from the column. In some aspects, the methods provided herein reduce the time needed to generate a population ...