US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on March 18 for "Target-binding activated split reporter systems for analyte detection and related components and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,523, issued on March 18, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Target-binding activated split reporter systems for analyte detection and related components and methods" was invented by Andrew S. Dixon (Salt Lake City) and Shawn Owen (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Split enzyme reporter systems are disclosed for detecting an analyte in a mixture. Fragments of the split enzyme may be covalently bound to targeting domains that bind to target regions of an analyte, thereby causing formation of an active complex. Some split enzyme reporter systems can be used to detect an analyte without...