ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,614, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Genovis AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Enzymes for glycan analysis" was invented by Fredrik Leo (Lund, Sweden), Rolf Lood-Alayon (Lund, Sweden), Stephan Bjork (Lund, Sweden), Malin Mejare (Lund, Sweden) and Fredrik Olsson (Lund, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to enzymes and combinations thereof useful for studying glycoproteins, and corresponding methods of use. In particular, the invention relates to a sialidase composition comprising an additional protease and/or glycosidase, preferably an O-glycoprotein-specific endoprotease and/or an O-glycosidase."
The patent was...