ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,784, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Lebrun Labs LLC (Anaheim, Calif.).

"In chemico test for toxicity" was invented by Stewart Lebrun (Anaheim, Calif.) and Linda Nguyen (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to formulations and methods for the in chemico testing of toxins based on a discovery that measuring a reduction in enzyme activity can be used to predict in vivo toxicity, including for example, a skin corrosion, skin irritation, eye corrosion, eye irritation, lung toxicity, liver toxicity, nervous system toxicity, developmental toxicity, acute toxicity etc. Disclosed methods are rapid, easy to ...