US Patent Issued to The University of Sydney on April 14 for "Synthetic methods using native chemical ligation in flow" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,746, issued on April 14, was assigned to The University of Sydney (New South Wales, Australia).

"Synthetic methods using native chemical ligation in flow" was invented by Richard J. Payne (New South Wales, Australia) and Tim Chisholm (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the synthesis of amide containing compounds in flow. In particular, the disclosure relates to the synthesis of polypeptides via native chemical ligation in flow. The disclosure also relates to selective desulfurization or deselenization of amide containing compounds comprising a thiol, disulfide, selenol or diselenide f...