ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,349, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CELLFREE SCIENCES Co. LTD. (Ehime, Japan).

"Method for evaluating interaction between immobilized substance immobilized directly or indirectly on substrate and proximity-dependent modifying enzyme-labeled substance to be analyzed" was invented by Ryo Morishita (Kanagawa, Japan), Shusei Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Miwako Denda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A related-art interaction analysis method has been insufficient for detecting weak interactions. The inventors of the present invention have recognized that a method of evaluating an interaction between an immobilized substa...