ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,174, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Optically verified polymer synthesis" was invented by Andrew P. Magyar (Acton, Mass.) and Melissa M. Sprachman (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for optically-verified, sequence-controlled polymer synthesis are described."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/453,623.

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