ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,973, issued on March 31, was assigned to BioLegend Inc. (San Diego).

"Uses of IL-40 and methods for detecting IL-40 activity" was invented by Marcela Hernandez Ruiz (San Diego), Gerardo Arrevillaga Boni (San Diego) and David Michael Soper (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates in part to methods for detecting the activity of IL-40 and modified versions thereof. The technology also relates in part to uses of IL-40 for promoting cell differentiation."

The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2021, under Application No. 17/393,340.

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