US Patent Issued to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING on March 18 for "Selectively controllable cleavable linkers" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,739, issued on March 18, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Selectively controllable cleavable linkers" was invented by Karin Strauss (Seattle) and Bichlien Hoang Nguyen (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Selectively controllable cleavable linkers include electrochemically-cleavable linkers, photolabile linkers, thermolabile linkers, chemically-labile linkers, and enzymatically-cleavable linkers. Selective cleavage of individual linkers may be controlled by changing local conditions. Local conditions may be changed by activating electrodes in proximity to the linkers, exposing the linkers to l...