ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,369, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to PRESTIGE BIOLOGICS Co. LTD. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Hybrid system of culture and purification process for manufacturing antibody pharmaceuticals" was invented by Joo Yang Park (Seoul, South Korea), Ja Won Shin (Sejong, South Korea) and Dae Yang Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a hybrid system of a culture and purification process for manufacturing antibody pharmaceuticals, in which one or more devices selected from bioreactor, chromatography, and filtration equipment are provided with one or more materials selected from among SU disposabl...