US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on Dec. 9 for "Metal-binding protein and use thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,451, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Metal-binding protein and use thereof" was invented by Joseph A. Cotruvo Jr. (State College, Pa.) and Joseph A. Mattocks (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-binding protein having a high selective affinity for certain trivalent cations and/or tetravalent cations derived from, for example, rare earth elements or ions thereof such as lanthanide elements and actinides or ions thereof as well as from hafnium and zirconium elements or compounds thereof is disclosed as well as sensors including same and methods for cap...