ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,679, issued on April 14, was assigned to Protein Technologies Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).
"On-line monitoring of synthesis reactions" was invented by Anthony Zarrella (Tucson, Ariz.) and Scott Harlow (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methodology and apparatus for on-line UV monitoring of automated synthesis reactions. An apparatus includes a module with a fluidic cell the operational parameters of which remain substantially unchangeable not only during the process of monitoring but also in time between sequential processes. The module includes a separable housing structure containing a source of UV-light and an optical detecto...