ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,775, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SYNVITROBIO INC. (San Leandro, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for cell-free biological reactions" was invented by Kelly S. Trego (San Francisco), Louis E. Metzger IV (San Francisco), Abel C. Chiao (San Francisco), Zachary Z. Sun (San Francisco), Dan E. Robertson IV (San Franciso, Calif.) and Benjamin Mohr (San Franciso, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods disclosed herein relate to improved in vitro cell-free systems for various biological reactions. In one aspect, a composition of the present disclosure includes: a cell-free extract derived from an organism; a nu...