US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Aug. 19 for "Characterization of protein binding to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,782, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Characterization of protein binding to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" was invented by Scott M. Belcher (Raleigh, N.C.) and Thomas W. Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for characterizing protein binding to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/704,825.

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