ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,489, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Oligopeptide" was invented by Naoya Ichimura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oligopeptide has the amino acid sequence of Thr-Val-Asp-Ser-Cys-Leu-Thr (SEQ ID NO: 1) with addition or insertion of a (poly)peptide to the oligopeptide, or substitution of a (poly)peptide for a part of amino acids of the oligopeptide."
The patent was filed on Jan. 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/415,933.
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