ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,261, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG (Lengnau Be, Switzerland).

"Media for the expression of recombinant vitamin K-dependent proteins" was invented by Yih Yean Lee (Victoria, Australia), Chee Kin Andrew Low (Victoria, Australia), Campbell Douglas Aitken (Victoria, Australia), Steven Patrick Byrne (Victoria, Australia) and Mark John Ferres Edwards (Victoria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for increasing the activity and/or the yield of a recombinant vitamin K-dependent protein expressed in cell culture. The present invention further relates to uses and compo...