ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,227, issued on May 13, was assigned to Mediford Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method for extracting target protein from biological sample and method for analyzing target protein" was invented by Shin-ichiro Nitta (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a method of efficiently extracting a target protein contained in a biological sample such as serum or plasma, thereby enabling highly precise analysis. In the present invention, there is provided the method in which a protein is removed from a sample derived from a living body to extract the target protein, and a salt and/or urea at a high concentration...