US Patent Issued to LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS on Sept. 9 for "Methods of assessing protein interactions between cells" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,130, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS (Burlington, N.C.).

"Methods of assessing protein interactions between cells" was invented by Gerald J. Wallweber (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods of detecting and quantitatively measuring protein-protein interactions between proteins present on the surface of different cells using a sensitive antibody-based assay. Antibodies specific for each target protein are either directly labeled, or are detected by labeled secondary antibodies. The antibodies are labeled with detectable tags that are releasable when the t...