ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,306, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Lung-targeting single-domain antibodies and purification methods" was invented by Brooke Nicole Harmon (Livermore, Calif.), Maxwell Stefan (Pleasanton, Calif.), Jennifer Schwedler (Livermore, Calif.), Yooli Kim Light (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Catherine Margaret Mageeney (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are single-domain antibodies (sdABs) configured for targeting to human or mammalian lung tissue. Constructs and methods of using such sdABs are also described herein, such as methods...