US Patent Issued to Bristol-Myers Squibb on Aug. 4 for "M-protein assays" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,097, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Princeton, N.J.).

"M-protein assays" was invented by Rasa Santockyte (Princeton, N.J.), Jianing Zeng (Princeton, N.J.) and Oscar Puig (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods for measuring M-proteins in a biological sample obtained from a subject, comprising applying purified immunoglobulins to a liquid chromatography (LC) mass spectrometry (MS). In some aspects, the immunoglobulins are purified using an immunocapture (IC). In certain aspects, the subject has a plasma cell disorder, e.g., multiple myeloma."

The patent was filed on ...