ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,491, issued on July 28, was assigned to Children's Medical Center Corp. (Boston).

"Nucleic acid complexes for screening barcoded compounds" was invented by Wesley Philip Wong (Cambridge, Mass.) and Clinton H. Hansen (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides compositions comprising nucleic acid complexes for use in screening compounds based on their ability to modulate binding interactions, wherein the compounds are barcoded."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2022, under Application No. 17/845,914.

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