ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,139, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER S.A. (Ames-A Coruna, Spain).

"Methods of preparing purified atomic quantum clusters" was invented by David Buceta Fernandez (Ames-A Coruna, Spain), Fernando Dominguez Puente (Ames-A Coruna, Spain) and Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela (Ames-A Coruna, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an invention relating to methods of purifying atomic quantum clusters, in particular those consisting of 3 or fewer zero-valent metal atoms. The invention also relates to compositions and uses of such compositions, for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders."

The patent...