ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,935, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (Wynnewood, Pa.).

"Methods and compositions for inducible extracellular membrane capture of monoclonal immunoglobulins secreted by hybridomas" was invented by Scott K. Dessain (Wynnewood, Pa.) and Rama Devudu Puligedda (Secane, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods are provided for making and using a cell having expressed on its outer plasma membrane surface an Anchor designed to form a first complex with a selected Linker. The Linker is designed to form a second complex with a target protein that is not recognized by the Anchor. The...