ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,667, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Wilson Wolf Manufacturing LLC (New Brighton, Minn.) and Baylor College of Medicine (Houston).

"Methods of cell culture for adoptive cell therapy" was invented by Juan F. Vera (Bellaire, Texas), Cliona M. Rooney (Bellaire, Texas), Ann M. Leen (Bellaire, Texas) and John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method of culturing cells for cell therapy applications that includes growing desired cells in the presence of antigen-presenting cells and/or feeder cells and with medium volume to surface area ratio of up to 1 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is not comprised ...