ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,770, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to New York University (New York).

"Compositions and methods comprising antibodies that bind to covalent peptide conjugates" was invented by Shohei Koide (New York), Benjamin Neel (New York), Carmine Fedele (New York), Kai Wen Teng (Flushing, N.Y.), Akiko Koide (New York), Takamitsu Hattori (West New York, N.J.) and Lorenzo Maso (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions and methods that include binding partners that bind with specificity to target sites on proteins or peptides that comprise a covalently attached molecule. The binding partners are provided as antibodies and...