US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Aug. 11 for "Engineered binding proteins for recognition of bacteria" (Massachusetts, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,514, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Engineered binding proteins for recognition of bacteria" was invented by Hadley Sikes Johnson (Arlington, Mass.), Ki-Joo Sung (Minneapolis) and Yining Hao (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are antigen-binding molecules that bind to bacteria (e.g., Listeria monocytogenes) and methods of use thereof. Also described herein are compositions and kits comprising these antigen-binding molecules."

The patent was filed on Sept. 23, 2021, under Application No. 18/028,195.

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