ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,790, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI (Cracow, Poland).

"Use of polyelectrolytes as cryoprotectants and a method of cryopreservation with their use" was invented by Maria Nowakowska (Cracow, Poland), Ewa Zuba-Surma (Cracow, Poland), Krzysztof Szczubialka (Krzywaczka, Poland), Mateusz Zajac (Krosno, Poland), Kamil Kaminski (Cracow, Poland), Elzbieta Karnas (Cracow, Poland) and Katarzyna Kmiotek-Wasylewska (Tarnow, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject of the invention is the use of selected polyelectrolytes from the group of synthetic and natural polyelectrolytes for the cryopreservation of human...