ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,647, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SARTORIUS CHROMATOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT (Pompey, France).

"Method for purifying a target substance with viral inactivation" was invented by Jerome Chevalier (Pournoy la Grasse, France), Jean-Luc Beulay (Krautergersheim, France), Thomas Flouquet (Nancy, France) and Helene Lafontaine (Saizerais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for purifying a target substance starting from a fluid to be treated which comprises at least one impurity. The method comprises treatment of a stream of the fluid to be treated using a chromatography step in a first separation unit, colle...