ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,510, issued on March 18, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for purifying antibody or antibody-like molecule" was invented by Fuminori Konoike (Takasago, Japan) and Kazunobu Minakuchi (Takasago, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The objective of the present invention is to provide a method capable of efficiently removing an impurity from an aqueous solution or a suspension comprising an antibody or an antibody-like molecule and the impurity. The method for purifying an antibody or an antibody-like molecule according to the present invention is characterized in treating an aqueous solution or a suspension compris...