ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,733, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TAGOMICS Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).

"Labelling of biomolecules" was invented by Robert Neely (Birmingham, Great Britain), Francisco Fernandez-Trillo (Birmingham, Great Britain), Elodie Jagu (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Andrew Wilkinson (Birmingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reversibly labeling a biomolecule including providing a linker molecule (11) having a first functional group (LG) with a reactive center, a second functional group (FG) with a reactive center, and a cleavable, e.g. hydrolyzable, moiety (A-B-C). The method further includes forming a co...