ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,257, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Eclipse Bioinnovations Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods for detecting RNA binding protein complexes" was invented by Daniel A. Lorenz (San Diego) and Karen B. Chapman (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods of identifying RNA targets of RNA binding proteins. In aspects, the disclosure relates to a method of identifying RNA molecules bound by RNA binding proteins. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method that can definitively identify direct RNA-target interactions with targeted proteins without the requirement for immunoprecipitation or g...