US Patent Issued to Trustees of Boston University on June 17 for "Methods and compositions relating to lung function" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,759, issued on June 17, was assigned to Trustees of Boston University (Boston).

"Methods and compositions relating to lung function" was invented by Elizabeth Jeanne Becker (Cambridge, Mass.), Katrina Steiling (Boston), Avrum E. Spira (Newton, Mass.) and Marc E. Lenburg (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein is directed to methods and compositions for prognosis and treatment of respiratory disease, e.g., COPD."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2020, under Application No. 17/071,228.

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