ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,186, issued on March 3, was assigned to GENZYME Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Assays for detecting the presence or amount of an anti-drug antibody" was invented by Ryan Grabert (Cambridge, Mass.), Susan Richards (Cambridge, Mass.), Valerie Theobald (Cambridge, Mass.), Yuanxin Xu (Cambridge, Mass.) and Jad Zoghbi (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and kits for detecting antibodies (e.g., anti-drug antibodies). Such methods and kits permit the detection of, for example, anti-drug antibodies in human body fluids, such as blood, plasma and serum."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2024, under Application No. 18/428,535...