ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,970, issued on March 31, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"Use of amino acids to enhance signal in mass spectral analyses" was invented by Yuan Mao (Hartsdale, N.Y.), Andrew Kleinberg (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.), Yunlong Zhao (Scarsdale, N.Y.) and Lili Guo (White Plains, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of enhancing a mass spectral signal is disclosed. The method can include contacting a sample to a separation column under conditions that permit sample components to bind to the substrate; applying a first mobile gradient to the separation column, wherein the first mobile phase gradient compris...