US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Nov. 3 for "Identification and monitoring of acid hydrolysis products of immunoglobulin heavy chains" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,361, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Identification and monitoring of acid hydrolysis products of immunoglobulin heavy chains" was invented by David L. Murray (Rochester, Minn.) and David R. Barnidge (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document provides materials and methods for identifying and/or quantifying immunoglobulin heavy chains (e.g., IgG heavy chains) in a sample, such as a biological sample, using mass spectrometry techniques. For example, mass spectrometry techniques that can be used to identify and/or quantify IgG heavy chain acid ...