US Patent Issued to REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS on Aug. 4 for "Maximizing hydrophobic peptide recovery using a mass spectrometry compatible surfactant" (New York, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,101, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Maximizing hydrophobic peptide recovery using a mass spectrometry compatible surfactant" was invented by Song Nie (Armonk, N.Y.), Reid O'Brien Johnson (Hartsdale, N.Y.), Tyler Greer (Elmsford, N.Y.) and Xiaojing Zheng (Gaithersburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally pertains to methods of characterizing peptides or proteins of interest. In particular, the present invention pertains to the use of the nonionic surfactant DDM to improve recovery of hydrophobic peptides in pharmacokinetic, reduced peptide mapping, or ...