ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,502, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SVAR LIFE SCIENCE AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"FGF21 responsive reporter gene cell line" was invented by Michael Tovey (Paris), Lue Huang (Paris) and Christophe Lallemand (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mammalian FGF21 responsive reporter cell line and method of using the same for detecting and optionally quantitating FGF21 activity in a test sample. The invention further relates to a method for detecting and optionally quantitating neutralizing antibodies against FGF21 present in a test sample using the reporter cell line of the present invention."

The patent ...