US Patent Issued to Cornell University on Aug. 11 for "Recombinant mucins, and compositions and methods for using the same" (New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,727, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Recombinant mucins, and compositions and methods for using the same" was invented by Matthew Paszek (Lansing, N.Y.), Heidi Reesink (Lansing, N.Y.), Carolyn Shurer (Houston) and Hao Pan (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions and methods related to improved mucins, methods of making the improved mucins, and cells and cell cultures that express glycosylated mucins. The compositions and methods provide improved cell cultures, and improved methods of producing co-expressed proteins that are distinct from the mucins."

The patent was...