ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,075, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Separation method and system for preparing target compounds" was invented by Maximilian Hartl (Penzberg, Germany) and Dinah Funke (Penzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separation method comprising: i) providing an aqueous solution comprising a target compound; ii) applying a separation step to the aqueous solution, thereby providing a plurality of fractions of the aqueous solution; iii) determining a concentration parameter indicating a concentration of the target compound in at least part of the fractions; iv) determining a nuclear magn...