ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,850, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SYSTIMMUNE INC. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Guidance and navigation control proteins and method of making and using thereof" was invented by Yi Zhu (Chengdu, China), Ole Olsen (Everett, Wash.), Dong Xia (Redmond, Wash.), David Jellyman (Duvall, Wash.), Katrina Bykova (Seattle), Anne-Marie K. Rousseau (Seattle), Bill Brady (Bothell, Wash.), Blair Renshaw (Renton, Wash.), Brian Kovacevich (Snohomish, Wash.), Yu Liang (Redmond, Wash.), Camilla Wang (Sammamish, Wash.) and Zeren Gao (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application provides guidance and navigation control (GNC) proteins. In one ...