US Patent Issued to IMMUNOSEARCH on Sept. 9 for "Method for evaluating the eye irritation potential of chemicals" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,472, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to IMMUNOSEARCH (Le Plan de Grasse, France).

"Method for evaluating the eye irritation potential of chemicals" was invented by Herve Groux (Le Rouret, France), Francoise Cottrez (Le Rouret, France), Nathalie Alepee (Livry Gargan, France) and Virginie Leblanc (Cachan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an in vitro test for detecting the irritant potential of chemicals combining a corneal cell model with a selection of predictive and qualitative molecular markers to classify compounds into 3 categories, namely irreversible eye damage 21 days after application (cate...