ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,195, issued on July 15, was assigned to SVAR LIFE SCIENCE AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"Secreted reporter-peptides for optimizing cell-based assays for analysis on immuno-assay platforms" was invented by Michael Tovey (Paris), Christophe Lallemand (Paris), Benoit Vallette (Villejuif, France) and Lue Huang (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to small secreted reporter-peptides 15 to 150 amino-acids in length comprising a response element, activated by one or more transcription factors induced by the pharmacology active substance to be analyzed following its interaction with a specific intracellular or cell surfa...