ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,437, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Methods of isolating T cells and T-cell receptors from peripheral blood by single-cell analysis for immunotherapy" was invented by Rami Yoseph (Gaithersburg, Md.), Amy R. Copeland (Washington), Sri Krishna (North Bethesda, Md.), Frank J. Lowery III (Clarksburg, Md.), Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Md.) and Paul F. Robbins (Chevy Chase, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods of preparing an enriched population of T cells having antigenic specificity for a target ...